Amy Grant wrote this song with her husband Vince Gill. She explained to Billboard magazine: “On ‘Baby It’s Christmas,’ Vince was kind of messing around with those chords and it just sounded romantic. We wrote that over a cup of coffee one morning. I don’t think anybody really thinks about Christmas Eve as being the most romantic time, especially if you have children, because you are exhausted. But if you could have a very romantic Christmas Eve, what would it be like?”

Children are sleeping
tucked in their beds
the Night before Christmas
has finally been read

I’ll always give you your favorite things
Baby, it’s Christmas for you and for me.

I have to admit, after listening to this song, I wasn’t wanting to wait until Christmas Eve for alone time with my husband. I have a lot of great memories over the years with Mike. Lots of late nights on Christmas Eve, assembling toys, arranging stockings, and prepping Christmas Day dinners.

But, my favorite memories are the few Christmases that all the work was done and we were exhausted and 2am was ticking it’s way into the night. We sat on the couch, curled up together, looking at the tree that was swimming in presents and the bulging stockings hanging off the mantle and we took a deep sigh knowing the kids would have us up in just a few hours. In the sparkling lights from the Christmas tree and the remnants of the fire burning down we just enjoyed each other and the quiet that filled the house. It’s those memories that make me believe that Christmas might just be the most romantic holiday of the year.