The Christmas Song

Written by	Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
Date	1944
Publisher	Edwin H. Morris & Co. Inc.; Sony/ATV Tunes LLC

"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" is a popular Christmas song made famous by Nat King Cole. It is featured on the Sesame Street albums A Sesame Street Christmas and Merry Christmas from Sesame Street.

The song is also performed by Big Bird and the Swedish Chef in A Muppet Family Christmas.

References

• During the Reindeer sketch on The Ed Sullivan Show, Dasher calls the rest of his crew nuts. The reply by singing, "on a open fire..."