# Who's the girl in the Target commercial?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 6, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-the-target-commercial/140900 "2002-12-06T12:45:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-the-target-commercial/140900/1 "2002-12-06T12:45:08Z")

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Okay, maybe I’m a loser, maybe I’m just really old and un-hip. But in the Target commercial where Stevie Wonder is singing the Christmas Song (AKA Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire), who is the girl who sings with him? I’m assuming if she’s singing with “Little Stevie”, she must be famous, but I haven’t a clue who she is, and my 15-year-old isn’t sure either.  
Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-girl-in-the-target-commercial/140900/2 "2002-12-06T14:08:52Z")

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From this article at MSNBC, [http://www.msnbc.com/news/829186.asp](http://www.msnbc.com/news/829186.asp)

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> For its main push on TV, Target turns to warm nostalgia with an updated version of the Mel Torme classic, The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire”), the first time the “Velvet Fog’s" famous song has been commercially licensed, said Target spokesman Douglas Kline.
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> Recorded especially for Target, the new version is a duet by Stevie Wonder and **India Arie** , with the track available for sale at Target as part of a special CD by soul singer Arie.