You may have a different Bob Wells in mind. https://performingsongwriter.com/christmas-song/ https://performingsongwriter.com/christmas-song/ > The “chestnuts

You may have a different Bob Wells in mind. https://performingsongwriter.com/christmas-song/ https://performingsongwriter.com/christmas-song/ > The “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” image was a memory from Wells’ childhood in Boston, when there’d be vendors on street corners at Christmas, serving up paper cones full of roasted chestnuts.