Hollywood (/ˈhɒliwʊd/ HOL-ee-wuud) is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood is notable for its place as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has come to be a metonym for the motion picture industry of the United States. Hollywood is also a highly ethnically diverse, densely populated, economically diverse neighborhood and retail business district.
Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It officially merged with the city of Los Angeles in 1910, and soon thereafter a prominent film industry began to emerge, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.
In 1853, one adobe hut stood in Nopalera (Nopal field), named for the Mexican Nopal cactus indigenous to the area. By 1870, an agricultural community flourished. The area was known as the Cahuenga Valley, after the pass in the Santa Monica Mountains immediately to the north.
Big fake snowflakes hanging from the streetlights
Marshmallow children bundled up so tight
Short fuses, long lines, so much for a silent night
Then, magically we all wake up (Once a year we all wake up)
And find ourselves here in our own -
Tinseltown
Where everything glitters
Tinseltown
All sparkle and shimmer
Look around and see the brightest stars come out
In Tinseltown, in Tinseltown
There King manger scene, glowing on the front lawn
Ladies auxiliary butchering "The Christmas Song"
Quarters in the kettle of the gin-jolly Santa Claus
Then, magically we all wake up (Once a year we all wake up)
And find ourselves here in our own -
So where's the -
Batteries, it's Christmas Eve, assembly is required
Can't get the kids to sleep, sugar's got them wired
Finally around midnight (all is calm, all is bright)
Then, magically we all wake up (Once a year we all wake up)
And find ourselves here in our own -
Tinseltown
Tinseltown, Tinseltown