You can tell me all day long how much you hate All I Want For Christmas Is You.
I'm with you there if you do.
You can also tell me how much you hate Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.
I'm not with you there. Yep, I love that one.
But there is one Christmas song I've never heard anybody say they hate.
It's the song that officially starts the Christmas season. You know this one...
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire). Come on, don't try to be "cool" about it. You love it, and you know it. Just 'fess up and admit it.
The story behind it is wonderful. It was written on a scorching day in Los Angeles in July 1945, by Mel Torme (tor-may, if you've never heard of him) and Bob Wells.
Wells was trying to stay cool, so he started writing down Christmas images. Torme loved it, so they put their heads together and got the song done in about forty minutes.
That may have been the most profitable forty minutes in musical history. Look how often that song's been recorded.
I'm going to have plenty of time to listen to it over the next few days. I'm taking the holidays off from this blog. See ya in '24!
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