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The Unexpected Origins of Our Christmas Traditions
The Art of Manliness
The Christmas Song, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
In the 1940s, when Mel Tormé and Bob Wells wrote "The Christmas Song," their opening line was chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Nat King Cole released his song two years later, almost all American chestnuts were totally wiped out. And so even now we're in a position for it to make a comeback. You know, there's enough chestnuts grown in America or available through import that anyone who wants to have chestnuts on Christmas can.
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