Wrapped in Red
Everybody’s happy
Snow is falling down
Prayers are being answered
Miracles all around
From afar I’ve loved you
But never let it show
And every year another
December comes and goes
Always watching
Never reaching
But
This Christmas
I’m gonna risk it all
This Christmas
I’m not afraid to fall
So I’m at your door with nothing more
Than words I’ve never said
In all this white, you’ll see me like
You’ve never seen me yet
Wrapped in red (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Blue is where I’ve been
Green can’t buy me you
Silver bells remind me
That mistletoe’s for two
So I found a color
That only tells the truth
That paints a picture
Of how I feel for you
This Christmas
I’m gonna risk it all
This Christmas
I’m not afraid to fall
So I’m at your door with nothing more
Than words I’ve never said
In all this white, you’ll see me like
You’ve never seen me yet
Wrapped in red (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
I’ll never feel you
If I don’t tell you
This Christmas
I’m gonna risk it all
This Christmas
I’m not afraid to fall
So I’m at your door with nothing more
Than words I’ve never said
In all this white, you’ll see me like
You’ve never seen me yet
Wrapped in red (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Listen to the song
Hør sangen
About the carol Wrapped in Red
“Wrapped in Red” is a Christmas song recorded by Kelly Clarkson and released in 2013 as the title track and opening song of her first Christmas album, Wrapped in Red. Clarkson co-wrote the song with Ashley Arrison, Aben Eubanks and Shane McAnally, while Greg Kurstin produced it. The song combines Christmas music with a romantic theme of unspoken love.
The song follows someone who has kept romantic feelings hidden and finally decides to express them during the holiday season. The color red becomes an important symbol, connecting the traditional Christmas color with love, vulnerability and strong emotions. Clarkson has also explained that the song was inspired by a scene in Love Actually involving a confession of unrequited love.
Clarkson’s powerful vocals and the song’s layered production give it a dramatic, classic-pop character. Its connection to Christmas comes through the snowy setting, holiday imagery and the use of red as both a seasonal and emotional symbol. “Wrapped in Red” presents Christmas as a time when someone can finally take a chance, reveal their feelings and risk being vulnerable for love.
