In "Christmas in New York," EJAE celebrates the city's particular holiday magic over more conventional escapes. The song contrasts lovers fleeing to Paris, Rome, or sunny LA with the warmth found in Rockefeller Center, Brooklyn Bridge views, and a kiss under market-bought mistletoe. Even leaving cookies for Santa on a fire escape becomes part of the charm. The repeated image of first snow turning the concrete into heaven captures how ordinary streets feel transformed, and the whole song insists that no other destination can match this feeling of belonging.
Christmas in New York Lyrics by EJAE
Let it snow, in the city of dreams
Rock around under the Rockefeller tree
An array of what the holiday brings
Like ice skating on the fifteeth street
Let it glow on the Empire State
Not alone when this town is your date
Black and white cookies that I put on the plate
And leave for Santa on the fire escape
Lovers will go to Paris or Rome
For romance and champagne galore
Some get away
To sunny LA where it’s seventy-five out your door
But there’s nothing like Christmas in New York
(Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba-da-da-da)
(Ba, ba, ba, ba)
Have you seen the skyline from the Brooklyn Bridge?
City lights are glistening
Bought a mistletoe from a market on fifth
So lean on in and gimme a kiss
Lovers will go to Paris or Rome
For romance and champagne galore
Some get away
To sunny LA where it’s seventy-five out your door
But there’s nothing like Christmas in New York
(Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba-da-da-da)
The first sight of snow
When you walk out the door
And see heaven on the concrete floor
Oh, there’s nothing like Christmas
Nothing like Christmas
Oh, there’s nothing like Christmas in New York
