Years later, I related a version of the story in which the sled shoots off the roof, races down the drift, nearly smashes into a tree, and wipes out yards later into a massive drift that looks ...

Composed for orchestra, Sleigh Ride was completed on February 10, 1948. It is exactly 3 minutes long. It was first performed on May 4, 1948 as an extra by the Boston Pops, with Arthur Fiedler ...