White Christmas Pansies

How to grow vibrant Winter Pansies

Winter-flowering pansies were developed by breeders in Britain with three considerations in mind: In general, pansies produce large flowers, up to 7. Growing and nurturing so many winter-flowering pansies over the years I have come to particularly love the white with the purple face, the yellow with a black face, the primrose and the dark blue pansies as they really sparkle on even the most overcast day. They just look happy to me! Trailing Pansies are also becoming very popular today. The flowers tend to be smaller, but because they trail they make a great show in hanging baskets or tubs.

Pansies can be grown from seeds or purchased in trays as bedding plants. I would recommend the latter as they can be enjoyed immediately! Pansies perform best when they are bedded out in borders or containers between September and mid October at the very latest. This will enable them to get their roots established before conditions become too cold, and also have some bright lovely flowers before Christmas!

Make sure you mix some compost or organic fertiliser into the soil when planting for best results. Space the plants about 7 to 12 inches apart and they will spread about 9 to 12 inches and fill your garden beds nicely. After the war, Bob and Phil make it big in nightclubs, radio, and then on Broadway, eventually becoming successful producers.

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They mount their newest hit musical titled Playing Around. The same day they receive a letter from "Freckle-Faced Haynes, the dog-faced boy," their mess sergeant from the war, asking them to look at an act that his two sisters are doing. Phil has eyes for her sister, Judy Vera-Ellen.

Bob and Betty do not, getting into a minor argument about how Bob thinks that everyone has an angle in show business.

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Judy and Betty are headed for the Columbia Inn in Pine Tree, Vermont, where they are booked to perform over the holidays. Due to a disagreement with their landlord he claimed that they had burned an expensive rug at his hotel and had even summoned the sheriff to arrest them , the girls have to leave immediately, so Phil gives the sisters his and Bob's sleeping-room accommodations aboard the train. Bob and Phil board later and Bob is extremely upset that they have to stay up all night in the club car on their way to NYC.

They are joined by Betty and Judy, who thank them profusely for the tickets and convince them to come with them to Pine Tree "Snow". When the train arrives in Pine Tree, there's not a snowflake in sight, and chances of it falling appear dim. Bob and Phil discover that the inn is run by their former commanding officer, General Waverly. Waverly has invested all of his savings into the lodge, which is in danger of failing because there's no snow and thus no guests.

To bring business to the inn, Bob and Phil bring the entire cast and crew of their musical Playing Around , and add in Betty and Judy. Bob and Betty's relationship blooms "Count Your Blessings" and they spend a good deal of time together.

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Meanwhile, Bob discovers the General's request to rejoin the army has been rejected. He decides to prove to the General that he isn't forgotten. Bob calls Ed Harrison Johnny Grant , an old army buddy, now a successful variety show host, to arrange a televised invitation to all the men formerly under the command of the General to come to the inn on Christmas Eve as a surprise. In response, Harrison suggests they go all out and put the show on national television to generate free advertising for Wallace and Davis, but Bob insists that it will have nothing to do with their business.

Unbeknownst to Bob, nosy housekeeper Emma Allen Mary Wickes has been eavesdropping, but she has only heard the part about free advertising, not Bob's rejection of the idea. Mistakenly believing that her beloved boss will be portrayed as a pitiable figure in a nationwide broadcast, Emma reveals what she has heard to a shocked Betty. The misunderstanding causes Betty to grow suddenly cold towards a baffled Bob.

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While this is happening, Judy becomes convinced that Betty will never take on a serious relationship until Judy is engaged or married. She pressures a reluctant Phil to announce a phony engagement, but the plan backfires when Betty abruptly departs for New York City to take a job offer since Judy is taken care of. Phil and Judy reveal to Bob that the engagement was phony.

Bob, still unaware of the real reason behind Betty's coldness, goes to New York for The Ed Harrison Show , but decides to stop and try to convince Betty to come back. Bob sees Betty's new act "Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me" and reveals the truth about the engagement, and Betty starts to warm up to him, but he is called away by Ed Harrison before learning what is really bothering her.

Back at the Inn, Phil fakes an injury to distract the General so he won't see the broadcast of Bob's announcement. Betty catches Bob's televised pitch and realizes she was mistaken. The whole division comes into Pine Tree secretly.

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When the General enters the lodge, he is greeted by his former division, who sing a rousing chorus of "The Old Man. In the finale, Bob and Betty declare their love for one another, as do Phil and Judy.

The background of the set is removed to show the snow falling, everyone raises a glass, and toasts, "May your days be merry and bright; and may all your Christmases be white. All songs were written by Irving Berlin. The centerpiece of the film is the title song , first used in Holiday Inn , which won that film an Oscar for Best Original Song in In addition, " Count Your Blessings " earned the picture its own Oscar nomination in the same category.

The song "Snow" was originally written for Call Me Madam with the title "Free," but was dropped in out-of-town tryouts. The melody and some of the words were kept, but the lyrics were changed to be more appropriate for a Christmas movie. For example, one of the lines of the original song is:. Free — the only thing worth fighting for is to be free. Free — a different world you'd see if it were left to me. Trudy Stevens provided the singing voice for Vera-Ellen, except for "Sisters", where Rosemary Clooney sang both parts [citation needed].

It was not possible to issue an "original soundtrack album" of the film, because Decca Records controlled the soundtrack rights, but Clooney was under exclusive contract with Columbia Records.

Consequently, each company issued a separate "soundtrack recording": On the former, the song "Sisters" as well as all of Clooney's vocal parts was recorded by Peggy Lee , while on the latter, the song was sung by Rosemary Clooney and her own sister, Betty. Another song written by Berlin for the film was "Sittin' in the Sun Countin' My Money " but because of delays in production Berlin decided to publish it independently.

Crosby and Astaire had previously co-starred in Holiday Inn — where the song "White Christmas" first appeared — and Blue Skies