The Christmas Song

This song, originally titled "Merry Christmas to You", was written in 1945 by Robert Wells & Mel Tormé. 

Over 1800 covers of the song are listed in Secondhand Songs: https://secondhandsongs.com/work/3013/versions#nav-entity

Notable covers: 

• First recorded by Nat King Cole Trio in June 1946
• Bing Crosby 1st sang the song on the radio in 1946 & recorded this in the studio in 1947
• Kate Smith in 1947
• Tormé recorded it live in 1955 & with Judy Garland on TV in 1963
• Jo Stafford in 1955
• Ella Fitzgerald in 1959
• Christina Aguilera's 1999 single charted higher than any other cover after the original in 1946
• Paul McCartney in 2012
• Pentatonix in 2014
• Michael Bublé on his 2020 Christmas special

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey & some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys & goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

So I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to 92
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

- music by Mel Tormé, lyrics by Robert Wells & Mel Tormé. (c) 1945 by Burke & Van Heusen. All rights reserved.