Christmas Eve On Maple Street
v4
@muriel hulshof
Christmas Eve On Maple Street
v4
@muriel hulshof
Paroles
[Verse 1]
Snow on the mailbox
Boot prints up the walk
Grandma in the kitchen
Flour on her smock
Cousins on the carpet
Fighting for the chair
Dad stuck in the doorway
With tinsel in his hair
[Chorus]
It’s a Christmas story
Right here
Right now
Mismatched plates
And a creaking house
Every laugh
Every crumb
Every tangled string of glory
We’re the ones
We’re the Christmas story
[Verse 2]
TV in the corner
Old film
Soft and gray
Grandpa tells the ending
Before they press play (again)
Mom wraps at the table
Tape stuck to her ring
Label says “from Santa”
In her handwriting
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Lights flicker once
Everyone freezes
Then someone cheers
The room just breathes in
No perfect scene
Just hands passing dishes
A chorus of off-key wishes
All of them true
[Chorus]
Snow on the mailbox
Boot prints up the walk
Grandma in the kitchen
Flour on her smock
Cousins on the carpet
Fighting for the chair
Dad stuck in the doorway
With tinsel in his hair
[Chorus]
It’s a Christmas story
Right here
Right now
Mismatched plates
And a creaking house
Every laugh
Every crumb
Every tangled string of glory
We’re the ones
We’re the Christmas story
[Verse 2]
TV in the corner
Old film
Soft and gray
Grandpa tells the ending
Before they press play (again)
Mom wraps at the table
Tape stuck to her ring
Label says “from Santa”
In her handwriting
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Lights flicker once
Everyone freezes
Then someone cheers
The room just breathes in
No perfect scene
Just hands passing dishes
A chorus of off-key wishes
All of them true
[Chorus]
Style de musique
folk, Warm acoustic folk-pop with sleigh bell shimmer and upright bass. Male vocals, intimate and storytelling in the verses; chorus blooms with stacked harmonies, glockenspiel, and brushed drums. Gentle build into a nostalgic bridge, then a soft, candlelit final chorus and fade.
