"The Christmas Song" genre: Christmas
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	Instrumental by Steve W. Smith. The 1946 hit by Mel Torme (The Velvet Fog), made even more popular by Nat King Cole in 1956. Also known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire."
	MP3.com CD: The Sound Of Christmas Vol. 1 - buy it! CD: The Sound Of Christmas   Label: Sted Records Credits: Produced by: Ed Davis & Steve W. Smith ASCAP A&R Direction: Ed Davis Manufactured & Distributed by Sted Records
	Story Behind the Song Lyric and Music by Mel Torme and Robert Wells Copyright (C) 1946 Edwin H. Morris & Company, a division of MPL Communications, Inc. (C) renewed 1974 Edwin H. Morris & Company, A division of MPL Communications, Inc. This arrangement (C) 2002 Sted Records Music Copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission. About This Song: In 1946, Mel Torme, the supper-club singer known as "The Velvet Fog" because of his special quality of voice, made the holiday season considerably brighter with the song he wrote (with lyrics by his friend Robert Wells) about the indoor and outdoor joys of the Yuletide season. It was "The Christmas Song," also frequently call by its first line - "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire." Jack Frost, carolers, people dressed up like Eskimos - these are part of the outdoor fun. Inside we have the smell of turkey roasting, tiny tots with their eyes glowing and the promise of Santa's visit down the chimney. Torme made a recording of the song that year, and Nat King Cole recorded an even more successful version a decade later.

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