A lot of people are lonely at Christmastime, and this song is for them. But it’s not a bitter song; it’s really a Christmas love song. It Won’t Be Christmastime (‘Round Here) is inspired by and written for lovers separated by circumstance, particularly military personnel and their families but really everyone else whose loved ones may be working away from their families at Christmastime: first responders who are on-duty, overseas workers, journalists… if you think about it, you will realize that we all depend upon a lot people who spend Christmastime away from their families so that we don’t have to.