It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Album: Ultimate Christmas (1951)
Charted: 31 12
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  • It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
    Everywhere you go
    Take a look in the five-and-ten
    Glistening once again
    With candy canes and silver lanes aglow

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
    Toys in every store
    But the prettiest sight to see
    Is the holly that will be
    On your own front door

    A pair of Hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots
    Is the wish of Barney and Ben
    Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk
    Is the hope for Janice and Jen
    And mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
    Everywhere you go
    Now there's a tree in the Grand Hotel
    One in the park as well
    The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (ha, ha, ha)
    Soon the bells will start
    And the thing that will make them ring
    Is the carol that you sing
    Right within your heart

    A pair of Hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots
    Is the wish of Barney and Ben
    Dolls that'll talk and will go for a walk
    Is the hope for Janice and Jen
    And the mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again
    Aah ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
    Soon the bells will start
    And the thing that will make them ring
    Is the carol that you sing
    Right within your heart Writer/s: Meredith Willson
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • AnonymousI love ''it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. It also helped me do a concert great!
  • Mary from Phoenix, AzOne of my all-time favorite Christmas songs. It reminds me of my childhood.
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