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..."