It was sung in the movie "Holiday Inn" in nineteen forty-two.

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And that car will be parked in front of the Red Lion Inn with a Christmas tree on top."

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But there is one small difference between the inn now and how it appears in Rockwell's original painting.

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"When Norman Rockwell originally painted it, the Red Lion Inn was dark because it was only open seasonally in the summer,because it had no heat.

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It parks in front of the Red Lion Inn. As in the original picture, there is a Christmas tree on the car as it is being delivered to a family.

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Michelle Kotek,the current innkeeper of the Red Lion Inn,explains.

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