Every Star (Is Meant To Shine On Christmas) – English Lyrics

• By: Kenzi Richardson, Faith Hedley
• Album: Vampirina: Teenage Vampire

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the festive spirit with this beautiful holiday track! Through its lyrical metaphors and melodic flow, you can learn expressive English vocabulary related to nature and emotion, making it a perfect song to practice your listening skills and seasonal idioms.

[English]

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(audience laughing)

(upbeat music)

♪ Well, we finally got our moment, yeah, front and center ♪

♪ Let us set the stage ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ The lights are all a-glowin, it's the best of winter ♪

♪ Love this holiday ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Girl, we're gonna own it ♪

♪ Girl, we're gonna show 'em ♪

♪ Come on and take it away ♪

♪ Let me, let me, let me hear it ♪

♪ We got the spirit ♪

♪ That Christmas cheer, we're doing it right ♪

♪ Sing it, sing it, sing it higher ♪

♪ Bringing the fire ♪

♪ Turning up the magic so bright ♪

♪ Take it from your Christmas queens ♪

♪ Living our December dreams ♪

♪ Every star is meant to shine on Christmas ♪

♪ Well, now, we got each other here to celebrate ♪

♪ Let's make that wish come true ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ There's sparkle in our stockings ♪

♪ Tinsel that we're rocking ♪ ♪ Rocking ♪

♪ The real gift is you ♪

♪ Girl, we're gonna own it ♪

♪ Girl, we're gonna show 'em ♪ ♪ We're gonna show 'em ♪

♪ Come on and take it away ♪ ♪ Come on and take it away ♪

♪ Let me, let me, let me hear it ♪

♪ We got the spirit ♪

♪ That Christmas cheer, we're doing it right ♪

♪ Sing it, sing it, sing it higher ♪

♪ Bringing the fire ♪

♪ Turning up the magic so bright ♪

♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪

♪ Take it from your Christmas queens ♪

♪ Living our December dreams ♪

♪ Every star is meant to shine on ♪

♪ Every star is meant to shine on ♪

♪ Every star is meant to shine on Christmas ♪

(audience applauding and cheering)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
moment /ˈmoʊmənt/ A2	noun - a very brief period of time
winter /ˈwɪntər/ A1	noun - the coldest season of the year
holiday /ˈhɑːlədeɪ/ A1	noun - a day of festivity or recreation
spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/ B2	noun - the prevailing tone or tendency of something
cheer /tʃɪr/ B1	noun - shout for joy or in praise or encouragement
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ A2	noun - the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious forces
bright /braɪt/ A1	adjective - emitting or reflecting much light
dreams /driːmz/ A1	noun - a series of thoughts or images occurring during sleep
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to give out a bright light
celebrate /ˈsɛləbreɪt/ A2	verb - to acknowledge a significant event with a social gathering
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	noun - a desire or hope for something to happen
sparkle /ˈspɑːrkəl/ B2	noun - a tiny flash of light
stockings /ˈstɑːkɪŋz/ B1	noun - decorative socks hung at Christmas for gifts
tinsel /ˈtɪnsəl/ C2	noun - a form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal
gift /ɡɪft/ A1	noun - a thing given willingly to someone without payment

Key Grammar Structures

• Well, we finally got our moment, yeah, front and center

  ➔ Adverb placement (finally)

  ➔ The adverb "finally" is placed before the main verb to emphasize the culmination of a process.

• Girl, we're gonna own it

  ➔ Future tense with 'going to' (gonna)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to," used here to express strong intention or confidence about a future action.

• That Christmas cheer, we're doing it right

  ➔ Present Continuous for current progress

  ➔ The structure "we're doing" indicates an action currently taking place or a state in progress.

• Every star is meant to shine on Christmas

  ➔ Passive Voice with 'is meant to'

  ➔ "Is meant to" functions as a passive expression meaning something is destined or intended to happen.

• Let's make that wish come true

  ➔ Causative structure with 'make'

  ➔ The verb "make" followed by an object and a base verb ("wish" + "come") is used to trigger an outcome.

• There's sparkle in our stockings

  ➔ Existential 'There is' (contraction)

  ➔ "There's" serves to introduce the existence of something in a specific location (the stockings).

• The real gift is you

  ➔ Subject complement

  ➔ The pronoun "you" functions as a subject complement, identifying or describing the subject "The real gift."

• Tinsel that we're rocking

  ➔ Relative clause with object pronoun 'that'

  ➔ The word "that" acts as the object of the verb "rocking," connecting the relative clause to the noun "Tinsel."