“It’s Getting Near Christmas” is Mick J. Clark’s take on the anticipation that is the Christmas season. Christmas isn’t just the day itself really; it’s all the build up to it. It’s all the expectation, all the preparation, all the excitement and of course the pressure to get it all right and make it feel special. That’s what Clark is aiming to capture in the single. It’s the romance of the season, the feeling of the season, all the emotions that you get as you’re getting closer and closer to Christmas Day. Christmas isn’t just about the day, it’s about all the feelings that build as the day gets nearer. That’s the essence of the song really and it’s a very familiar theme to people who have experienced the season. It’s not just about the perfect picture of Christmas, it’s about the very real emotions that come with the build up.
The appeal of ‘It’s Getting Near Christmas’ is in the very essence of the experience it’s describing. The sheer fact that Christmas is getting close is something that can bring people together. It’s the excitement of the season, the memories it evokes, the romantic side of it all and the desire to just make the most of the time you have with the people you love. It can also be a very stressful thing though, as the pressure of the season begins to mount with all the plans, the preparations and the expectations. Clark’s intent is to capture that duality in one song. He wants to acknowledge that Christmas can be both a joyous and a stressful time. That’s the emotional raison d’etre of the track really. It’s a song about the way Christmas actually happens in real life, with all the warmth and excitement of the season and all the associated pressure and chaos. The lyrics and music themselves aren’t described in the text, but the sentiment is absolutely clear. It’s a song about the feelings you have as the Christmas season draws ever closer.
Clark has a very extensive background as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, drums and keyboards) and credits the backing vocalists and producers he’s worked with as being a huge part of his journey as a musician. His body of work is very broad indeed, covering pop, rock, ballads, R&B, dance, Latin and country so his songwriting career has certainly covered a lot of ground in terms of genre and subject matter. His past successes include over 1 million Spotify streams, multiple entries on the iTunes Singles Chart and a Grammy nomination for his album *Causes*. He’s also dabbled in seasonal music with his Christmas EP *Mick’s Christmas Mix* which features three Christmas songs that have collectively garnered over 300k streams (as per the bio). “It’s Getting Near Christmas” is the next step in that seasonal journey and is all about the excitement and anticipation of the run up to Christmas. *The countdown to Christmas can be a hectic, romantic and utterly exciting time and Mick J. Clark is very much aiming to capture that in this track.
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