I'll Be Home for Christmas

Common card · No. 380231

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, who scored a top ten hit with the song. Originally written to honor soldiers serving overseas in World War II who longed to be home at Christmas time, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" has since gone on to become a Christmas standard.