Love Is A Christmas Rose Lyrics - Greatest Christmas Songs - 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