Christmas

Example Sentences

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The court heard how she and her extended family spent five days over Christmas 2011 at a house in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, because her ex-husband required hospital treatment and could not fly back to Nigeria.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

For example, they were outraged about their "eight-year-old cousins getting skin care for Christmas" while they themselves were also wearing a full face of makeup aged 12.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The oil-futures market thinks oil will fall from $98 a barrel today to $80 by September and $75 by Christmas — but that may be a pipe dream.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

“People of the world, if you are looking for miracles, come to Korea!” an official North Korean party newspaper declared in a Christmas 1980 editorial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

It’s three days after Christmas by the time I finally finish my letter to Lou Ann.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko