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"Christmas Waltz" words and music Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn was written for Frank Sinatra. According to legend, Sammy came into the room for the pair's regular songwriting session, and Jule told him, "Frank's looking for a Christmas song." Sammy told Jule, his collaborator on "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow," already a holiday classic, that a person would have to be crazy to try and top "White Christmas" as the season's hit. Jule repeated, "Frank said he wants a Christ