The Christmas Sweater

• By: Michael Bublé
• Album: higher

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
brandy /ˈbrændi/ B1	noun - a strong alcoholic spirit distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
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.
presents /ˈprezənts/ A2	noun - a thing given to someone as a gift.
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - giving out or reflecting a lot of light; shining.
cheer /tʃɪr/ B1	noun - happiness; gladness. verb - to shout for joy or in encouragement or approval.
sweaters /ˈswɛtər/ A2	noun - a knitted garment worn on the upper body.
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged; mad.
ugly /ˈʌɡli/ A2	adjective - unpleasant or repulsive, especially in appearance.
faces /feɪsɪz/ A1	noun - the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
matter /ˈmætər/ A2	verb - to be important or significant. noun - a subject or situation under consideration.
cool /kuːl/ A2	adjective - fashionably attractive or impressive.
rule /ruːl/ A2	noun - one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere.
pride /praɪd/ B1	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
reindeer /ˈreɪndɪr/ A2	noun - a deer of the arctic and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, having large antlers in the male and usually in the female.
party /ˈpɑːrti/ A1	noun - a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.
late /leɪt/ A1	adjective - after the expected, proper, or usual time; delayed.

Grammar:

• What *can* be wrong with all this right?

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis

  ➔ Normally, the sentence would be "What *can* be wrong...". The inversion emphasizes the speaker's surprise or challenge.

• Somebody's light *is not so bright*

  ➔ Negative Adjective Intensifier: "not so"

  ➔ "*Not so bright*" is a milder way of saying "not very bright" or "dim". It's less direct than saying "dark."

• The uglier, the better, hun, don't be the only one

  ➔ Comparative Correlative ("The..., the...")

  ➔ This structure indicates that as one quality increases, the other also increases. In this case, as the sweater gets uglier, it gets better.

• It doesn't matter if you *don't look cool*

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Conditional Clause)

  ➔ Although not explicitly using "if", the phrase implies a conditional statement: "Even if you don't look cool, it doesn't matter."

• Everybody's *following the Christmas rule*

  ➔ Present Continuous for a temporary trend.

  ➔ The present continuous tense (*following*) emphasizes that this behavior is happening around Christmas time, but not necessarily all year round.

• Oh, well, you *gotta try* to put your pride on pause

  ➔ Informal contraction "gotta" (= got to)

  ➔ "*Gotta*" is a colloquial way of saying "got to" or "have got to", indicating necessity or obligation. It's common in spoken English and informal writing.

• Ain't no hiding, time has come to go

  ➔ Double Negative & "Time has come" idiom

  ➔ "*Ain't no hiding*" is a double negative, commonly used in informal English (especially in music). While grammatically incorrect in formal settings, it is used for emphasis. "Time has come" is an idiom meaning 'the appropriate or destined time has arrived'.