For a sense of how it was meant to be performed, thereвЂ™s no better rendition than the one recorded by the Loessers themselves in 1949:ДЇor most of its existence, вЂњBaby, ItвЂ™s Cold OutsideвЂќ was universally applauded as вЂњwry,вЂќ вЂњplayful,вЂќ and вЂњflirtatiousвЂќ (which is certainly the spirit in which it was written). Loesser said he wrote the song for himself and his wife Lynn to perform at dinner parties, never expecting it to become a hit. The back-and-forth continues for several more verses until the song ends abruptly on a harmonious refrain of вЂњBaby, itвЂ™s cold - Baby, itвЂ™s cold outside.вЂќ (In some more recent recordings the line вЂњWellвЂ¦ I really shouldnвЂ™tвЂ¦ alrightвЂќ is tacked on after the refrain, but itвЂ™s apocryphal, not to be found in the original.) (So nice and warm) Look out the window at that stormвЂ¦. (The welcome has been) How lucky that you dropped in (The answer is no) Baby, itвЂ™s cold outside (I simply must go) Baby, itвЂ™s cold outside (I really canвЂ™t stay) Baby, donвЂ™t hold out (At least IвЂ™m gonna say that I tried) WhatвЂ™s the sense of hurting my pride (I ought to say no, no, no, sir) Mind if I move in closer (Some crazy spell) IвЂ™ll take your hat, your hair looks swell (I seem to be in) Your eyes are like starlight now (Say whatвЂ™s in this drink) No cabs to be had out there (The neighbors might think) Baby, itвЂ™s bad out there (Well, maybe just half a drink more) Put some records on while I pour (So really IвЂ™d better scurry) Beautiful, please donвЂ™t hurry (My father will be pacing the floor) Listen to the fireplace roar (My mother will start to worry) Beautiful, whatвЂ™s your hurry (So very nice) IвЂ™ll hold your hands theyвЂ™re just like ice (This evening has been) Been hoping that youвЂ™d drop in (IвЂ™ve got to go away) But, baby, itвЂ™s cold outside (I really canвЂ™t stay) But, baby, itвЂ™s cold outside Yet there was a time when вЂњBaby, ItвЂ™s Cold OutsideвЂќ was no more controversial than вЂњHere Comes Santa ClausвЂќ or вЂњ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.вЂќ The song itself hasnвЂ™t changed in the 73 years of its existence, so what happened?Д¬omposed by Frank Loesser (of Guys and Dolls fame) in 1944 and recorded for the first time in 1948 for the Hollywood musical NeptuneвЂ™s DaughterВ (for which Loesser won an Oscar for Best Original Song), вЂњBaby, ItвЂ™s Cold OutsideвЂќ evokes a bygone era when gender politics, when they were brought up at all,В were considered little more than a laughing matter.ДЄs the lyrics unfold, one voice (usually female, labeled вЂњThe MouseвЂќ by Loesser on the original lyric sheet) ticks off a list of excuses to flee while the other (usually male, labeled вЂњThe WolfвЂќ) tries every gambit in the book to get her to stay, presumably for the night: If you donвЂ™t believe that rape culture has been normalized in our society, take another listen to the lyrics of the holiday classic вЂњBaby, ItвЂ™s Cold OutsideвЂќ. вЂњDrumbeatвЂќ might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it isnвЂ™t hard to find detractors on social media: In particular, the drumbeat against вЂњBaby, ItвЂ™s Cold OutsideвЂќ is getting too loud to ignore. In 2017, America woke up to the systemic sexual predation that pervades every corner of society, but some of our Christmas carols are stuck in the past. вЂњIs this the year we finally retire вЂBaby, ItвЂ™s Cold OutsideвЂ™?вЂќ wrote USA Today writer Mary Nahorniak towardВ the end of 2017, a year brimming with revelations of sexual misbehavior by powerful men: вЂњBaby, ItвЂ™s Cold OutsideвЂќ occupies a unique spot in the holiday music canon in two respects: one, itвЂ™s a call-and-response duet in which one party tries to seduce the other over the latterвЂ™s apparent objections and two, it has gone in a few short decades from being a beloved вЂњfireside couch cuddlerвЂќ (as one reviewer put it) to being reviled as a so-called вЂњdate-rape anthem.вЂќ At least two of them, besides conjuring up nostalgic scenes of wintriness, are actually love songs: the warm, fuzzy вЂњLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!вЂќ and its naughtier cousin, вЂњBaby, ItвЂ™s Cold Outside.вЂќ Some of the best known examples, in fact, are about the weather (вЂњWinter Wonderland,вЂќ вЂњSleigh Ride,вЂќ and вЂњJingle BellsвЂќ come to mind).

As anyone who has spent the better part of a day listening to Christmas songs while compiling a playlist can attest, not all of them are about Christmas.

Who created the song let it snow