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Song · 1946 · Christmas

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

1946

★ 7.5 editorial score

Tormé and Wells wrote it in a July heat wave, thinking cool, and Cole overruled Capitol about the strings.

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Quote · 1823

“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring-not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.”

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A Christmas Carol

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Quote · 1942

“I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the treetops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow.”

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