Walked down the street as the snow started falling Stamping our feet, all the taxicabs crawling You said, "I'm so cold I can't remember my name" And I said the same He took her photo and said he adored her A New York martini, it literally floored her And we played Miss America over again And again and again Oh, and that was a New York Christmas, baby Oh, that was the way it should be done Oh, we saw the sights The tinsel and lights Looking down the barrel of a gun Years have gone by and we're all so much older The winters got warmer, the last years got colder And we've all heard some things about how the time goes That we'd rather not know Oh, and that was a New York Christmas, baby Snowflakes like diamonds in her hair We watched them all Sparkle and fall Something almost true was in the air Yeah, that was a New York Christmas, baby Yeah, that was the way it was back then Oh, we saw the sights Tinsel and lights You kissed me in the snow and that was when I fell in love with Christmas once again