Nat King Cole是這首歌首次錄音的歌手，其成功無比的詮釋也確實為這首歌樹立了一個難以超越的經典版本，讓大多數人幾乎在這首歌與Nat King Cole之間劃上了等號，Nat King Cole版的〈The Christmas Song〉也曾在不少電影或影集中現身過。Nat King Cole自己也相當喜歡這首曲子，光這首曲子的錄音就至少錄了四次。



Nat King Cole在1946年錄了兩次；1946年6月14日的第一次錄音是純鋼琴三重奏伴奏人聲的版本，不過當時並沒有發行，直到1989年才做商業發行。同年8月19 日，Nat King Cole做了第二次錄音，這次除了Nat King Cole Trio外，另加入了小編制的合唱與弦樂團，這份錄音在同年即做了商業發行。1953年做了第三次錄音，1954年發行LP，並於1990年首次以CD專輯《Cole, Christmas and Kids》發行。Nat King Cole在1961年錄的第四次錄音是他這首歌第一次也是唯一一次的stereo錄音，也是現在CD版本最常見到的版本。另外值得一提的是，在1998年，Nat King Cole的女兒Natalie Cole特別用『跨時空對唱』的錄音方式，與父親Nat King Cole對唱了另一個新版的錄音。

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Lyrics :
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey and 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 and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer realy know how to fly
And so i'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said
Many times, many ways
Merry christmas to you.