The fire is dying and the couple is still, er, вЂњgood-bye-ing.вЂќ Then, like in the movies, thereвЂ™s sort of a fade to a later time in the lyrics. He also mentions heвЂ™d brought some popcorn they didnвЂ™t get around to eating yet, and the fire is so delightful, and the lights are turned down low, andвЂ¦ДЄnd, the girl buys his snow job. He suggests to the girl that heвЂ™d hate to go out into the storm right at that moment, but if sheвЂ™d just hold him tight for a while heвЂ™d be warm all the way home. He seems to see the weather as a stroke of luck and is happy to вЂњlet it snow.вЂќ The lyrics are written from the guyвЂ™s point of view. Gosh darnit! I tвЂ™s snowing too hard for him to travel safely. However, when itвЂ™s time for him to leave, вЂњthe weather is frightful.вЂќ Since it was the era of PG lyrics, the guy is not expecting to stay for the night. ItвЂ™s actually a romantic, somewhat corny love song about a guy who is visiting his girlfriend during the winter in some unnamed location. вЂњLet It SnowвЂќ is common on Christmas cards and in Christmas-related internet posts.Д«ut, in fact, thereвЂ™s no reference to Christmas or the holiday season in the lyrics and it wasnвЂ™t intended to be Christmas song. Nowadays, many people think itвЂ™s a traditional Christmas song. In the decades since then, вЂњLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!вЂќ has been recorded by countless other singers and bands. MonroeвЂ™s version of the song quickly became a huge hit, making it to BillboardвЂ™s number one spot on January 26, 1946.

The music was by CahnвЂ™s songwriting partner at the time, Jule Styne. The words were written by lyricist Sammy Cahn. On Decemhis 78 RPM recording of that song entered the Billboard вЂњBest Sellers in StoresвЂќ chart (a precursor of BillboardвЂ™s Top 40 and Hot 100 charts). It was launched into our holiday lexicon in December 1945, when singer and big band leader Vaughn Monroe released the first recording of вЂњLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!вЂќ Every year at Christmas time, when I hear someone sing or say вЂњLet It Snow!вЂќ I am reminded of what I learned when I looked into the song that popularized that phrase.

History of the song let it snow