Shane & Shane - It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas Lyrics
Lyrics
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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 hop-a-long 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 of 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 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 hop-a-long 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 of Janice and Jen And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again
Bring us home, Jason It's cold outside
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go 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 Soon the bells will start And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing Right within your heart, right within your heart
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It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas
Meaning & Inspiration
Shane & Shane's rendition of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," featured on their 2008 album *Glory in the Highest (A Christmas Album)*, offers a comforting and familiar embrace of the holiday season. While the song itself is a secular classic, the Shane & Shane treatment imbues it with an underlying warmth that resonates with the spirit of generosity and hopeful anticipation characteristic of Christian celebration. The familiar lyrics, painted with vivid imagery of twinkling lights, snow-covered streets, and festive greetings, evoke a palpable sense of the season's arrival. This, in itself, mirrors the biblical narrative of anticipation for the coming of Christ. Just as the world eagerly awaited the Messiah, the song captures that human yearning for something special, a shift in the atmosphere that heralds joy. The message of shared experience and community, inherent in the song’s celebration of togetherness, finds a parallel in the biblical call to unity and fellowship, as seen in passages like Hebrews 10:24-25, which encourages believers to not neglect meeting together. The act of giving, so central to the song's festive spirit with mentions of gifts and Santa Claus, can be seen as a reflection of God’s ultimate gift to humanity, His Son Jesus Christ, as described in John 3:16. Shane & Shane's performance, with its characteristic earnestness, encourages a mindful appreciation of the season's simple beauties and the opportunities for kindness it presents, reminding us to approach this time with open hearts, ready to share the good cheer that, at its core, points to the enduring hope found in the Christmas story.