IT SMELLS LIKE CHRISTMAS Verse 1 There’s something boiling on the stove, With oranges and cloves, A little bit of cinnamon— What else, nobody knows. There’s something baking in the oven, There’s a candle burning bright, And the minute that I walk inside I know it’s Christmas night. Chorus Oh, it smells like Christmas, There’s magic in the air, Pine and spice and cookies Seem to follow everywhere. I don’t know how to tell you What that feeling does to me, But it smells like Christmas When I walk in by the tree. Verse 2 There’s fresh-cut pine and peppermint, And coffee brewing too, Mama’s in the kitchen Making something good for you. There’s apple pie and gingerbread, And chestnuts if you please, And that wonderful December smell Of Christmas evergreen. Chorus Oh, it smells like Christmas, There’s magic in the air, Pine and spice and cookies Seem to follow everywhere. I don’t know how to tell you What that feeling does to me, But it smells like Christmas When I walk in by the tree. Bridge Funny how a fragrance Can carry you through time, One little hint of cinnamon And childhood comes to mind. The house that I remember, The faces I still see— Sometimes all it takes is Christmas To bring them back to me. Verse 3 Now every year I light the candles, Put the oranges and cloves In an old pot on the stovetop Just the way we did at home. Then somewhere in that mixture Of the memories and pine, The Christmases I used to know Come drifting back through time. Final Chorus Oh, it smells like Christmas, There’s magic in the air, Cinnamon and evergreen And memories everywhere. And for a little while again, I’m where I used to be— ’Cause it smells like Christmas, And Christmas smells like home to me. Tag Yes, it smells like Christmas… And Christmas smells like home to me.
