Letra The Christmas Song

A música The Christmas Song, também conhecida como Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, foi escrita em 1945 por Bob Wells e Mel Tormé durante uma onda de calor como uma tentativa de esfriar pensando em inverno. Tormé relatou que a canção foi escrita em apenas 40 minutos.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping on your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos, everybody

Knows, a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is going to spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so, I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although its been said many times, many ways
Merry Chri-st-mas to you