NAT KING COLE: (Singing) Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. The perfect Christmas song sets the mood right away. Our next guest wants to destroy all that. STEPHEN ...

Chestnuts show up each Christmas because of a centuries-old tradition that that still thrives today, with street vendors roasting them for the holiday season.

“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.” The opening line of one of the most enduring Christmas songs of all time paints a scene that’s warm, nostalgic, and unmistakably festive — crackling fire, winter ...

"The Christmas Song," most famously sung by Nat King Cole, opens with a flurry of Christmas-related imagery: yuletide carols being sung by a choir, mistletoe, and other festive details. But what's the ...