☝️ Key Points
- The song 'Blue Christmas' is about the sadness the singer feels during the Christmas season because he is without the person he loves.
- The color blue is used to symbolize the singer's sadness and melancholy.
- Despite the cheerful red and green Christmas decorations, his Christmas won't be the same according to the lyrics if the loved one is not with him.
- The singer confesses that he will feel heartache and assumes that the loved one will have a merry 'white Christmas'.
- The repeated use of 'blue' emphasizes the depth of his sadness and the extent of his longing for the loved one.
Interpretation
'Blue Christmas' is an emotional Christmas song that deals with the sadness and pain that the singer, in this case
Elvis Presley, feels during the Christmas season because he is without the person he loves. The song uses the colors blue, red, and green to represent different emotions and aspects of Christmas.
In the lines 'I'll have a Blue Christmas without you / I'll be so blue thinking about you', Elvis uses the color blue to symbolize his sadness and melancholy. He says that he will have a 'blue Christmas', which means that his Christmas season will be sad and lonely without the loved one.
'Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree / Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me' expresses that despite the cheerful red and green Christmas decorations, which usually symbolize joy and happiness, his Christmas season will not be the same if the loved one is not with him.
In 'And when that blue heartache starts hurtin' / You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white', he confesses that he will feel heartache, and assumes that the loved one will have a 'white Christmas', which could symbolize happiness and contentment, unlike his 'blue Christmas'.
The repeated use of 'blue' in the chorus 'But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas' emphasizes the depth of his sadness and the extent of his longing for the loved one during the Christmas season.