'What Christmas Means to Me'
There are at least 50-75 better Stevie Wonder songs. Blindfolded, you can drop a bucket anywhere in iTunes and pull 20 far better. This song isn't even the best on Stevie's Christmas album. Someday at Christmas takes more chances in the borderland between Motown and Jesus and earns more reward. One Little Christmas Tree isn't too bad either. This album comes just after Little Stevie Wonder drops the diminutive, and the Detroit assembly line gives him none of the genius of the previous year's Uptight (as I've said before, the greatest pop song of all time).
But What Christmas Means to Me is the kitchen sink at the time of year everyone wants to be in the kitchen. The smells are everywhere, and something delicious has to be around. All the early Stevie tricks, all the mid-Motown sounds, they gather then 'round the fire and sing. What's next? Presents? Sleigh rides? Whom you're with makes the holiday.
And you know what I mean
I see your smilin' face
Like I never seen before
Even though I love you madly
It seems I love you more
And little cards you give me
Will touch my heart for sure
