Red Christmas

• By: Kylie Cantrall
• Album: Descendants: The Rise of Red

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
tree /triː/ A1	noun - a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.
year /jɪər/ A1	noun - the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun; 365 days
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
red /red/ A1	adjective - of a color like that of blood, fire, or rubies. noun - a red color or pigment.
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction.
color /ˈkʌlər/ A1	noun - the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light.
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - the condition of being illuminated; illumination.
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.
bring /brɪŋ/ A2	verb - take or go with (someone or something) to a place.
walk /wɔːk/ A1	verb - move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
confidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ B2	noun - the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something.
clear /klɪər/ B1	adjective - easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ B1	adjective - not present or included where expected or supposed to be.
suit /suːt/ B1	noun - a set of clothes worn together, typically for formal occasions.

Grammar:

• It's gonna be a red, red, red Christmas this year

  ➔ Future intention using 'gonna' (going to)

  ➔ 'Gonna' is an informal contraction of 'going to' used to express a planned or intended action in the future.

• Make the lights flicker bright when I walk in

  ➔ Imperative sentence with 'Make' to indicate causation

  ➔ 'Make' is used as an imperative verb to cause or influence an action to happen.

• Seen this before, I'm gettin' bored

  ➔ Present perfect with 'Seen' indicating experience

  ➔ 'Seen' is the past participle of 'see' used with 'have/has' to form the present perfect tense, showing experience or that something has occurred before.

• Everything the season's been missing

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense

  ➔ 'Been missing' is the present perfect continuous form of 'miss', indicating an ongoing state that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Now that I'm here, makin' it clear

  ➔ Complex sentence with 'Now that' indicating a cause and effect

  ➔ 'Now that' introduces a clause explaining a condition or reason for the main statement.

• Colors to remember and I should know

  ➔ Modal verb 'should' for giving advice or expectation

  ➔ 'Should' is a modal verb used to express advisability, expectation, or duty.

• Time to do it my way

  ➔ Infinitive phrase 'to do' indicating purpose or intention

  ➔ 'To do' is an infinitive form used to express purpose or intention behind an action.