pre-Christmas
adjective
pre-Christ·mas
ˌprē-ˈkri-sməs 
: occurring before Christmas
pre-Christmas sales
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McCartney has three more shows on his pre-Christmas slate — tonight again at Manchester’s Co-op Live, then two gigs this coming week at London’s O2 Arena — giving him three more opportunities to perform his 1979 single, one of Rolling Stone’s Greatest Rock & Roll Christmas Songs of All Time.
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
The term Black Friday, used to refer to the start of the busy post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas shopping rush, was coined in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
Intel has timed the launch well, offering potential pre-Christmas new GPU sales, although actual availability is unknown and could well slip till after Christmas.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
So in 2018, Big Pipes’ members worked with the FBI and the US Justice Department to stage their own pre-Christmas intervention, sifting through their data and giving leads to the group’s agents and prosecutors to take out the most active services in the growing booter industry.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 9 May 2023
That’s the same pre-Christmas slot that Sony has launched the previous films in its Jumanji franchise.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
The film’s November 22 release date in the U.S. provides the ideal runway for retailers to stock shelves with Wicked products and take full advantage of Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and pre-Christmas shopping surges.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Romance The pre-Christmas snaps come on the tail of a successful year for Gomez.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
The Czech Republic canceled soccer and hockey matches — usually immovable features of the pre-Christmas calendar — and declared Saturday a day of national mourning.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
The term Black Friday, used to refer to the start of the busy post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas shopping rush, was coined in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
Intel has timed the launch well, offering potential pre-Christmas new GPU sales, although actual availability is unknown and could well slip till after Christmas.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
So in 2018, Big Pipes’ members worked with the FBI and the US Justice Department to stage their own pre-Christmas intervention, sifting through their data and giving leads to the group’s agents and prosecutors to take out the most active services in the growing booter industry.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 9 May 2023
That’s the same pre-Christmas slot that Sony has launched the previous films in its Jumanji franchise.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
The film’s November 22 release date in the U.S. provides the ideal runway for retailers to stock shelves with Wicked products and take full advantage of Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and pre-Christmas shopping surges.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Romance The pre-Christmas snaps come on the tail of a successful year for Gomez.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
The Czech Republic canceled soccer and hockey matches — usually immovable features of the pre-Christmas calendar — and declared Saturday a day of national mourning.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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“Pre-Christmas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pre-Christmas. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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