Suggested Cures for the Seasonal Bah-Humbugs

And not only that, Berlin was just as surprised by its popularity as anyone. He expected the score's big hit would be "Be Careful, It's My Heart." 

During all of my childhood annual viewings of it on L.A. b'cast TV, the "Abraham" number was missing (for probably pretty obvious reasons); I never saw the entire Lincoln's B'day sequence until the film was released on videocassette. But aside from the title song, that's the only piece of the Holiday Inn score that found its way into White Christmas (and to which Vera-Ellen and John Brascia did a sizzling tap routine ...without the lyrics).