who wrote it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

“It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” was written by American songwriter Meredith Willson in 1951.

Song basics

• The song is a popular Christmas standard first published and recorded in 1951.

• Early hit recordings were by Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters, and it was also famously recorded by Bing Crosby.

Extra tidbit

• The song was originally titled “It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas” before the word “a Lot” became standard in the title.

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