Think of Christmas – English Lyrics

• By: Anne-Marie
• Album: Happiest Season (Music from and Inspired by the Film)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the English language of festive emotion with Anne-Marie's "Think of Christmas." This song, featured in the movie *Happiest Season*, special because it beautifully captures how a personal connection transforms the entire holiday season, teaching the listener that the true spirit of Christmas is found in shared memories and presence, not just decorations.

[English]

When I think of Christmas

I think of you

Remember the snow angels?

Unorthodox anecdotes?

About how it's never home? (Oh-oh)

(Hm) unless you're here

Don't matter how deep the snow

Don't matter how cold it goes

I've already made it home (oh-oh)

Because you're here

Still at the kid's table even though we're grown

Hands on my kneecap underneath the table

We got a secret only you and me know

But they know 'cause

A love like us comes with the brightest of halos

Yeah, they know that

When I think of Christmas

I think of you and me and classic kiss

Modern love is what it is

When I think of Christmas

I think of nothing but nothing to do

Unwrap myself in front of you

When I think of Christmas

I think of you (whoo)

I think of you (whoo, oh-oh)

Rewriting my memories

Creating new history

And the season feels new to me (oh-oh, huh)

Because you're here

Still at the kid's table even though we're grown

Hands on my kneecap underneath the table (oh-oh)

We got a secret only you and me know (oh-oh-oh-oh)

But they know 'cause (oh-oh-oh)

A love like us comes with the brightest of halos

Yeah, they know that (oh-oh)

When I think of Christmas

I think of you and me and classic kiss

Modern love is what it is

When I think of Christmas

I think of nothing but nothing to do

Unwrap myself in front of you

When I think of Christmas

I think of you (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh-oh)

I think of you (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh-oh)

I think of you (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh-oh)

When I think of Christmas

I think of you

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
remember /rɪˈmem.bər/ B1	verb - to bring to mind; recall
snow /snəʊ/ A2	noun - frozen precipitation in the form of flakes
angels /ˈeɪndʒəlz/ A2	noun - spiritual beings believed to act as messengers of God
unorthodox /ʌnˈɔːrθədɒks/ C1	adjective - not conforming to accepted or usual standards
anecdotes /ˈænɪkdəʊts/ B2	noun - a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
deep /diːp/ A2	adjective - extending far down from the surface
cold /kəʊld/ A1	adjective - of or at a low or relatively low temperature
grown /ɡrəʊn/ A2	adjective - having reached adulthood
secret /ˈsiːkrɪt/ A2	noun - something kept hidden or unknown
halos /ˈheɪloʊz/ B1	noun - a circle of light shown in religious paintings around the heads of holy people
classic /ˈklæsɪk/ B1	adjective - judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind
modern /ˈmɒdən/ B1	adjective - relating to the present or recent times
unwrap /ʌnˈræp/ B1	verb - remove the covering from; disentangle
memories /ˈmeməriz/ B1	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
history /ˈhɪstəri/ B1	noun - the study of past events, particularly in relation to human affairs
rewriting /riːˈraɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb - write again
creating /kriˈeɪtɪŋ/ B1	verb - bring (something) into existence

Key Grammar Structures

• Remember the snow angels?

  ➔ Past Simple Tense, Interrogative Form

  ➔ The use of the past simple 'remembered' (implied) and the question mark indicates a question about a past event. The structure is auxiliary verb + subject + main verb. Here, the auxiliary is implied. The phrase 'snow angels' is a compound noun.

• Don't matter how deep the snow

  ➔ Contraction of 'does not matter', Inversion for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase uses a contraction ('don't') for 'does not'. The structure 'how deep the snow' is an example of inversion, where the adverbial phrase comes before the verb to emphasize the degree of the snow's depth. It's a stylistic choice for poetic effect.

• We got a secret only you and me know

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense ('have got'), Relative Clause

  ➔ The phrase 'we have got' (often shortened to 'we've got') is the present perfect tense, indicating a possession that started in the past and continues to the present. 'only you and me know' contains a relative clause modifying 'secret'.

• A love like us comes with the brightest of halos

  ➔ Present Simple Tense, Metaphorical Language

  ➔ The present simple 'comes' describes a general truth or characteristic. The phrase 'brightest of halos' is a metaphor, suggesting a radiant and special quality associated with their love. 'of halos' is a genitive construction.

• Rewriting my memories

  ➔ Gerund as object of verb

  ➔ The word 'Rewriting' is a gerund (verb acting as a noun). It functions as the object of the verb, indicating the action of rewriting is the thing being done. It shows a continuous action.