Kid At Christmas

• By: Calum Scott, Christina Perri

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
snowflake /ˈsnoʊfleɪk/ A2	noun - a small, unique crystal of frozen water that falls as snow
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
year /jɪr/ A1	noun - a period of 365 days (or 366 in a leap year)
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ B1	noun - an emotional state or reaction
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	verb - to desire something to happen noun - a desire or hope for something
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ B1	noun - the power of apparently influencing events using mysterious or supernatural forces
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - to accept something as true
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and has a bond of mutual affection
story /ˈstɔːri/ A2	noun - an account of imaginary or real people and events
tree /triː/ A1	noun - a perennial plant with an elongated stem or trunk
morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1	noun - the period of time from sunrise to noon
old /oʊld/ A1	adjective - having lived for a long time; not new
kid /kɪd/ A1	noun - a child or young person

Grammar:

• Another year older

  ➔ Adjective + noun + comparative adjective

  ➔ Used to compare a person's age to the previous year.

• Still feeling like a kid at Christmas

  ➔ Present participle + feeling + prepositional phrase

  ➔ Expresses ongoing feelings or states that persist over time.

• With friends old and new

  ➔ Prepositional phrase + adjectives + conjunction + adjective

  ➔ Lists different categories of friends to emphasize diversity.

• If I believe then it's still true

  ➔ Conditional clause + main clause

  ➔ Expresses a condition that affects the truth of the main statement.

• Waking on Christmas morning

  ➔ Present participle + preposition + noun phrase

  ➔ Describes an ongoing action of waking up during Christmas morning.

• I still get that same old feeling

  ➔ Subject + adverb + verb + determiner + adjective + noun

  ➔ Expresses ongoing familiarity with a particular emotion.

• And I won’t let the magic go

  ➔ Conjunction + subject + modal + verb + noun phrase

  ➔ Expresses a determination to retain the special feeling or wonder.