The song of the day for Sunday, Decmber 21, 2025, The 8th day of a Tony Bennett Christmas, is “The Christmas Song.”
About This Song
“The Christmas Song” was written in 1944 by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells. Sometimes known by its first line ‘Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,” this song was written on a very hot summer day and Tormé and Wells were trying to think cold yuletide thoughts in an effort to cool off. The entire song was written forty minutes and is one of America’s most classic Christmas songs. The first recording was by Nat King Cole in 1946.
About This Version
Tony Bennett recorded “The Christmas Song” in June 1967 for Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album, released in 1968. Robert Farnon wrote the arrangement and conducted the orchestra.
“The Christmas Song,” as well as Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album, is available on Apple Music.
Here’s Nat Cole’s 1946 recording of “The Christmas Song.”
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