An Old Fashioned Christmas

Written by: Sammy Cahn

Written by: Jimmy Van Heusen

With Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians

Arranged by: Nelson Riddle

From the Album: The Sinatra Christmas Album

Label: Reprise Records

Recorded: June 16, 1964

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Give me an old fashioned Christmas, an old fashioned Christmas,

Family faces, wide open spaces, covered with snow,

Right now my mom there in the kitchen, basting the Christmas bird,

You'll have to take my word, you can't find that at the automat.

An old fashioned fireplace, give me an old fashioned fireplace,

My heart remembers smoldering embers, warming your glow,

I'd trade that whole Manhattan skyline, the shimmering steel and chrome,

For one old fashioned Christmas back home.