Lyrics Love Is a Christmas Rose - Perry Como

(Doo, doo, doo doo .. .)

Friendship is a holly tree,
That brightens as it grows,
Friendship is a holly tree,
But love is a Christmas rose!

Romance is the mistletoe,
That from the ceiling glows,
Romance is the mistletoe,
But love is a Christmas rose!

With this rose I give you,
On this Christmas day,
Can't you see my darling,
What my heart has tried so hard to say?

Friendship is a holly tree (Friendship is a holly tree)
That brightens as it grows (That brightens as it grows)
Friendship is a holly tree (Friendship is a holly tree)
But love is a Christmas rose! (But love is a Christmas rose!)

Romance is the mistletoe (Romance is the mistletoe)
That from the ceiling glows (That from the ceiling glows)
Romance is the mistletoe (Romance is the mistletoe)
But love is a Christmas rose! (But love is a Christmas rose!)

Love is a Christmas rose! (Friendship is a holly tree)
Love is a Christmas rose! (Romance is the mistletoe)
Love is a Christmas rose ... fade

Words and Music by Earl Shuman
And Leon Carr