Finally It's Christmas – English Lyrics

• By: HANSON

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language can be a fun and festive experience with Hanson's "Finally It's Christmas." The song's clear vocals and catchy, repetitive chorus make it easy to sing along and pick up common holiday-related vocabulary. Its upbeat tempo and joyful message offer a wonderful and encouraging way to immerse yourself in the spirit of the season while practicing your English.

[English]

It's been said in many ways

Feliz Navidad and Happy Holidays

Don't matter if you're nine or ninety-eight

Everyone's waiting for a chance to say

Finally it's Christmas, again

Around this time of year

You can't deny there's something in the air

If you're in London or in Santa Fe

You'll hope for snow to fall on Christmas day

Finally it's Christmas

Don't delay

Santa's on his way

So get your stockings up

in time for Christmas day

Don't dismay

throw your cares away

It's gonna be okay

Finally it's Christmas

Finally it's Christmas

Feels like we've been waiting all year

Finally it's Christmas

Can't you feel the Christmas time cheer?

Yeah

Come on

All of the plans are made

So tell your urgent caller it can wait

Just sit back and listen for the reindeer on the rooftop

Flying North Pole to Tulsa on a non-stop

I hear the church bells ring

The chorus welcoming the newborn King

Good will and love is what the Savior brings

Now the world comes together and sings, whoo

Finally it's Christmas

Feels like we've been waiting all year

Finally it's Christmas

Can't you feel the Christmas time cheer?

And finally it's Christmas

(Ah, ah, shake your Christmas bells)

Don't delay

Santa's on his way

So get your stockings up

in time for Christmas day

Don't dismay

throw your cares away

It's gonna be okay

'Cause finally it's Christmas day, whoo

(Ah, shake your Christmas bells)

Cause finally it's Christmas

Feels like we've been waiting all year

Oh, yeah

You know, finally it's Christmas

Feels like we've been waiting all year

(Finally it's Christmas)

Shake those bells like you mean it now

Let's celebrate now

Finally it's Christmas

(Finally it's Christmas now)

Finally it's Christmas

Key Grammar Structures

• It's been said in many ways

  ➔ Present Perfect Passive

  ➔ The sentence uses the present perfect passive to indicate an action that has been completed before the present moment, without specifying the doer. Here, "has been said" emphasizes the action rather than who said it.

• Don't matter if you're nine or ninety-eight

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement with Indefinite Pronoun

  ➔ The verb "matter" agrees with the singular indefinite pronoun "it" (understood from context), even though the following phrase mentions plural ages. This highlights the general truth of the statement.

• Everyone's waiting for a chance to say

  ➔ Present Continuous with Apostrophe S

  ➔ The contraction "Everyone's" combines "Everyone is" to show an action happening now. The apostrophe replaces "is", indicating present continuous tense.

• You can't deny there's something in the air

  ➔ Present Simple with Contraction

  ➔ The contraction "can't" (cannot) and "there's" (there is) are used for informal, natural-sounding speech. They simplify the sentence structure.

• So get your stockings up in time for Christmas day

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give a direct command or instruction. "Get your stockings up" is a clear instruction to the listener.

• It's gonna be okay

  ➔ Going to Future (Informal)

  ➔ The informal contraction "gonna" (going to) is used to express future plans or predictions in a casual way. It's common in spoken English.

• Good will and love is what the Savior brings

  ➔ Subject-Verb Agreement with Compound Subject

  ➔ The verb "is" agrees with the singular compound subject "good will and love", which acts as a single unit. This follows the rule that a compound subject joined by "and" is usually singular.

• Now the world comes together and sings, whoo

  ➔ Present Simple with Adverbial Clause

  ➔ The adverbial clause "now" indicates the time of the action. The present simple "comes together and sings" describes habitual or general actions.

• Shake those bells like you mean it now

  ➔ Imperative Mood with Adverbial Phrase

  ➔ The imperative mood "shake" is accompanied by the adverbial phrase "like you mean it now" to emphasize the manner of the action.