who wrote it's beginning to look like christmas

"John Fred Holmberg, Jr., better known as Johnny Marks, wrote "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." He was a famous songwriter who wrote many popular Christmas songs, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," and "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." He was born on August 13, 1909, in New York City, and passed away on December 3, 1985, in Los Angeles, California."