It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Album

Single

Label

RCA Victor

Genre

Christmas

Composer(s)

Meredith Willson

Entered Chart

Dec 29, 2018

Peak Date

Dec 26, 2020

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

RCA

B-Side

n/a

Original Artist

2019-174

This was written by Meredith Willson, who wrote the Broadway play The Music Man, which included his famous songs "76 Trombones" and "Till There Was You." This song celebrates that time when Christmas decorations appear in stores and public displays, which has been earlier and earlier in recent years. There are some dated references in the song, such as the "five and ten," which is a store selling inexpensive items. The "Hopalong boots" the child wishes for are a reference to those worn by the fictional cowboy Hopalong Cassidy. Along with Bing Crosby and Andy Williams, Perry Como was one of the entertainers most associated with Christmas for many years. From 1948 to 1994 he appeared on many Christmas specials. >> Johnny Mathis recorded this in 1971 for his second Christmas album. His version was used in the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and gradually received more airplay than Como's. Dean Martin and Bing Crosby also recorded popular versions of the song. Michael Bublé covered the song and released it on his holiday album, Christmas. His version first entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated December 17, 2011. It has regularly charted in the UK during the festive period since December 2014.

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