Christmas

Example Sentences

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Responding “We bought a Christmas tree” is a happy, cozy statement, reflecting that you will not be spending Christmas alone, or, one can infer, most likely dying alone too.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

He netted six goals in five games during a purple patch just before Christmas.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Analysts, including Blake Anderson, found that the K-shaped sentiment had been easing, from around Christmas through February, just before the start of the war.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

As a nostalgia piece, it’s “A Christmas Story” with a third of the jokes, none of the cynicism and not quite the length to justify itself as a movie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Why, for years after old Mrs. Gardner died, she’d show up in church on Christmas Eve.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney