Perry Como — Love Is A Christmas Rose

( 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