Christmas Comin' Round Again

• By: Scotty McCreery

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
brothers /ˈbrʌðərz/ A1	noun - male siblings having one or both parents in common
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection.
mom /mɒm/ A1	noun - a person's mother
daddy /ˈdædi/ A1	noun - a person's father
houses /ˈhaʊzɪz/ A1	noun - buildings for human habitation
kids /kɪdz/ A1	noun - children
table /ˈteɪbl/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture with a flat top supported by legs
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
door /dɔːr/ A1	noun - a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle
choir /ˈkwaɪər/ B1	noun - an organized group of singers, typically one that takes part in church services or performs regularly.
story /ˈstɔːri/ A2	noun - an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child
king /kɪŋ/ A2	noun - a male monarch of a major territorial unit
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
forgiveness /fərˈɡɪvnəs/ B2	noun - the action or state of forgiving or being forgiven.

Grammar:

• Two brothers not speaking for two years now

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous (Implying duration and relevance to the present)

  ➔ This line uses the implied Present Perfect Continuous. The absence of the auxiliary verb 'have/has been' is common in informal speech/song. It emphasizes that the brothers' not speaking is an ongoing situation extending to the "now".

• Can't even remember what they're fighting about

  ➔ Indirect Question with 'what'

  ➔ The phrase "what they're fighting about" acts as a noun clause, functioning as the object of the verb "remember". It's an embedded question within the larger statement.

• It might be the snow falling or the glow of those lights

  ➔ Modal verb 'might' expressing possibility; Parallel Structure ('the snow falling' or 'the glow')

  ➔ 'Might' indicates uncertainty. The parallel structure ('the snow falling' or 'the glow...') connects two possible causes for the change in their behavior. Both clauses are noun phrases.

• But they both say "I'm sorry" end up talking all night

  ➔ Reduced Clause ('and they end up talking')

  ➔ This line demonstrates a slightly informal structure. It implies 'and they end up talking...' where 'end up' expresses the result of an action. We understand that the initial action of saying sorry leads to the extended conversation. The "and" is omitted but implied

• There's a mom and a daddy split up last July

  ➔ Past Simple (split up); Existential 'there's'

  ➔ "Split up" in Past Simple indicates a completed action in the past. "There's" introduces the existence of the mom and dad situation.

• Two houses, three kids now they're splitting up time

  ➔ Present Continuous ('splitting up time') indicating an ongoing, temporary action.

  ➔ "Splitting up time" is in the present continuous tense. It highlights that the arrangement of dividing time between the two houses is a current, and likely temporary, situation caused by the separation. This is something ongoing.

• Comes over for dinner ends up sticking around

  ➔ Simple Present to describe habitual action and result ('comes over', 'ends up'); Ellipsis of conjunction 'and'.

  ➔ The simple present tense describes a habitual event. 'Comes over' implies that it happens regularly. 'Ends up sticking around' describes the usual outcome of the dinner invitation. 'And' is implied, creating a concise, narrative tone.