Shake Up Christmas – English Lyrics

• By: Train
• Album: Christmas in Tahoe (10th Anniversary Edition)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Train's "Shake Up Christmas," a modern holiday classic full of upbeat energy! While the lyrics focus on universal themes of joy and sharing love, the song's blend of pop-rock with classic holiday sentiment offers a fun, accessible way to practice English phrases related to celebration and goodwill.

[English]

Ho, ho, ho

Shake up the happiness

Wake up the happiness

Shake up the happiness

It's Christmas time

There's a story that I was told

And I wanna tell the world

Before I get too old

And don't remember it

So let's December it

and reassemble it, oh yeah

Once upon a time in a town like this

A little girl made a great big wish

To fill the world full of happiness

And be on Santa's magic list

Shake it up

Shake up the happiness

Wake it up

Wake up the happiness

Come on y'all

It's Christmas time

Shake it up

Shake up the happiness

Wake it up

Wake up the happiness

Come on y'all

It's Christmas time

Ho, ho, ho

Ho, ho, ho

It's Christmas time

At the same time miles away

A little boy made a wish that day

That the world would be okay

And Santa Claus would hear him say

I got dreams and I got love

I got my feet on the ground

And family above

Can you send some happiness?

With my best to the rest

Of the people of the East and the West and

Maybe every once in a while you

Give my grandma a reason to smile

'Tis the season to smile

It's cold but we'll be freezing in style

And let me meet a girl one day that

Wants to spread some love this way

We can let our souls run free and

She can open some happiness with me

Shake it up

Shake up the happiness

Wake it up

Wake up the happiness

Come on y'all

It's Christmas time

Shake it up

Shake up the happiness

Wake it up

Wake up the happiness

Come on y'all

It's Christmas time

I know you're out there

I hear your reindeer

I see the snow where

Your boots have been

I'm gonna show them

So they will know then

Their love will grow and

They believe again

Shake it up

Shake up the happiness

Wake it up

Wake up the happiness

Come on y'all

It's Christmas time

Shake it up

Shake up the happiness

Wake it up

Wake up the happiness

Come on y'all

It's Christmas time

Ho, ho, ho

Ho, ho, ho

It's Christmas time

Ho, ho, ho

Shake it up

Shake up the happiness

Wake it up

Wake up the happiness

Come on y'all

It's Christmas time

Ho, ho, ho

Shake it up

Shake up the happiness

Wake it up

Wake up the happiness

Come on y'all

It's Christmas time

Ho, ho, ho

Ho, ho, ho

Ho, ho, ho

It's Christmas time

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Key Grammar Structures

• "Shake up" and "wake up" as phrasal verbs expressing repetition and action.

  ➔ Phrasal verbs with up to emphasize completion or intensity

  ➔ "Shake up" and "Wake up" function to energize action and mood, often repeated for emphasis.

• "There's a story that I was told"; use of passive-like storytelling line and reported speech.

  ➔ There is/There are + extraposition; relative clause as subject description

  ➔ "There's a story that I was told" uses an expletive 'there' construction and a relative clause to introduce information.

• "I got dreams and I got love"; coordinating clauses with 'and' for listing qualities.

  ➔ Coordinate conjunction 'and' linking noun phrases; simple present for general statements

  ➔ "I got dreams and I got love" uses simple present to state enduring qualities one possesses.

• "Can you send some happiness?"; modal verb to ask for help or request.

  ➔ Can + base verb to form a polite request or ask for permission; modal verb usage

  ➔ "Can you send some happiness?" uses a polite request form asking someone to do a favor.

• "They believe again"; simple present for habitual action and belief.

  ➔ Simple present for habitual belief or repeated action

  ➔ "They believe again" expresses a renewed belief as a recurring state.