Christmas night
Example Sentences
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Desperate, he led his army back across the Delaware River through a howling nor’easter on Christmas night to attack the surprised Hessian garrison at Trenton, N.J.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Rams will play seven prime-time games in 2026 and won’t play against the Seattle Seahawks in an NFC championship game rematch until Christmas night.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Heavy rain storms across large parts of California triggered floods and mudslides and left three dead as of Christmas night, according to local officials.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
One Christmas night, as we drove him back to Fall River from the family party, he gazed out the car window at the festooned Joseph P. Kennedy before suddenly turning away and shaking his head.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
Harriet remembered how Ben had blindfolded himself so he wouldn’t “see” her that Christmas night she stayed in the corncrib with a party of fugitives.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
