Step Into Christmas – English Lyrics

• By: Elton John
• Album: Step Into Christmas EP

Lyrics & Translation

Learning English can be a festive journey with Elton John's "Step Into Christmas." This song is filled with classic holiday vocabulary and cheerful, repetitive phrases that are perfect for language learners. Its upbeat tempo and clear enunciation make it easy to sing along and absorb the festive spirit. What makes this song special is its genuine warmth and the story of it being a spontaneous gift to fans, making it a joyful way to step into both Christmas and the English language.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Christmas /ˈkrɪs.məs/ A1	noun - the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to make musical sounds with the voice
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the organs of sight
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought
snow /snoʊ/ A1	noun - atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer verb - to fall as snow
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to drop down from a higher level to a lower level
eat /iːt/ A1	verb - put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to swallow (liquid)
merry /ˈmeri/ B1	adjective - cheerful and lively
care /keər/ A2	noun - the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something verb - feel concern or interest; attach importance to something
smiling /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/ A1	verb - having a smile; having a pleased or amused expression.
entertain /ˌentəˈteɪn/ B2	verb - provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or area
admission /ədˈmɪʃən/ B2	noun - the process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place, organization, or institution

Key Grammar Structures

• I'd like to thank you for the year

  ➔ Conditional sentences type 2 ('I'd like' = 'I would like')

  ➔ Expresses a polite request or a hypothetical situation. 'I'd like' is a contraction of 'I would like', indicating a desire in a polite manner. This doesn't describe a real condition, but rather a wish. We thank someone now for the year which has been.

• To say it's nice to have you here

  ➔ It + to-infinitive (impersonal 'it')

  ➔ The structure "It's nice to..." is used to express a general feeling or opinion. 'It' acts as a placeholder subject, and the real subject is the infinitive phrase "to have you here".

• We can watch the snow fall forever and ever

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' + verb of perception ('watch') + bare infinitive ('fall')

  ➔ 'Can' indicates ability or possibility. 'Watch' is a verb of perception, and after such verbs, we often use the bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to').

• If we can help to entertain you

  ➔ Conditional clause type 1 (zero conditional or type 1 depending on the context). Modal verb 'can' + 'help to' + infinitive.

  ➔ This is a possible or likely condition. 'Help to entertain' means 'help with the purpose of entertaining'. The 'to' can sometimes be omitted (help entertain), particularly in American English.

• There's no place I'd rather be

  ➔ There is/are (Existential 'there'). Conditional sentence type 2 ('I'd rather be'). Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun ('that/which')

  ➔ 'There's' is a contraction of 'There is'. The relative clause "I'd rather be" modifies 'place'. The full sentence would be 'There is no place that/which I'd rather be.'