“Walking in a Winter Wonderland” (originally titled “Winter Wonderland”) was written by American lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith, with the music composed by Felix Bernard.

Songwriters

  • Lyrics : Richard Bernhard Smith, an American lyricist born in 1901, wrote the words to “Winter Wonderland” in the mid‑1930s.
  • Music : The melody was composed by Felix Bernard, a pianist, composer, and arranger who frequently wrote popular songs in that era.

Quick context

  • Smith reportedly wrote the lyrics while being treated for tuberculosis, inspired by snowy scenes he saw from a sanitarium in Pennsylvania.
  • The song was first published in 1934 and went on to become a widely recorded holiday standard under the familiar line “walking in a winter wonderland.”

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.