I’ll Be Home for Christmas

During the “Big War,” World War II, there were a lot of nostalgic songs about home, family, and sweethearts, songs that really impressed the millions of young men who were away from home.

One of the best of that era was the 1943 carol, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” written by poet James K. Gammon from Brooklyn, along with musician Walter Kent. Kent also wrote the popular “White Cliffs of Dover.”