The city this time of year Is like a great big toy I wish everybody could be here, to enjoy Candlelight paraders on old "L" street Yule tide yachts and crowds along the peir Neighborhoods and dazzling decorations While children wait for Santa to appear Bells ring at the mission San Fernando Moon capped mountains cradle my L.A. You kinda get the feeling That in this special place The angles came to earth to say Christmas in the city of the angels is like Christmas in Bethlehem to me When its Christmas in the city of the angles The blue Pacific becomes the Sea of Galilee Christmas in the city of the angels Is like no other Christmas you'll see When it Christmas in the city of the anglesthe blue Pacific Becomes the Sea of Galilee