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Vince Guaraldi - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song) - Robert Wells/Mel Tormé

This is another song from Vince Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" album. The official name of the song is simple "The Christmas Song," but it is commonly known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire". It was written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. Wells had written the first four lines of the song on a hot day in July, 1945. Mel Tormé came over to visit, and saw the lines written out on a notepad. Wells thought the idea of writing a Christmas song was a good means of cooling off in the hot California summer and together they completed the song in 40 minutes. It went on to become one of the most performed Christmas songs of all time. The “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” image was a memory from Wells’ childhood in Boston, when there used to be vendors on street corners at Christmas, selling paper cones full of roasted chestnuts. I hope you like this version of the song.