How to Use Christmas in a Sentence

Christmas

noun
  • I wish you all a merry Christmas.
  • We had a very happy Christmas this year.
  • We're spending Christmas with my parents.
  • Who but a Christmas elf would wear bright red and green?
    Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The video is the first time the Princess has appeared on camera since Christmas.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The Queen of Christmas is hitting the road for the holidays once again!
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The Super Bowl of the offseason is like Christmas in April for me.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Opening day of the season may as well have been Christmas.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The playhouse was a gift from her mom, Kris Jenner, for Christmas.
    Celeste McCauley, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But Woo is hesitant to call it a straight Christmas movie.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Not long after the spring breakers withdraw, the summer crowd comes, then the Halloween crowd, and then the Christmas and New Year crowd.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a terrified sub in boxer briefs, tied to a wall with an apple stuffed in his mouth like a Christmas pig.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
  • Ted is set in 1993, eight years after John (played by Max Burkholder) wished for his teddy bear to come to life for Christmas.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
  • The values of Christmas are genuinely put on display, and the guy does something truly selfless at the end of the movie.
    Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2024
  • During a hearing two days before Christmas, a judge ruled that the eviction would stand.
    Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
  • In a social media post, his mom described the gun as an early Christmas present.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
  • There are those who love Christmas and then there are those who really love Christmas.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Befitting her Queen of Christmas status, Carey made quite the royal entrance, as she was lowered to the stage in a ski lift chair.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Festive clothes are for children The horror of wearing a 3D reindeer jumper on Christmas day!
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Also, a discussion about Christmas blows up into the worst fight Janelle and Kody have ever had.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The best time to book trips for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays starts now and won't last for long, according to travel experts.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • No matter when the photo was taken, Kate Middleton looks as if she was pulled straight out of a Hallmark Christmas movie in the wintery sweater.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2023
  • On a cold Saturday in January, Deshon spent the last night of his life roller skating with the new skates his grandfather had just bought him for Christmas.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Williams spent Christmas on a ventilator, while also hooked up to a web of wires, beeping sensors and a tube to help keep her breathing.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
  • David Bowie teaming up with Bing Crosby for a Christmas classic wasn’t on anyone’s bingo card.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Six years later, the group released its ninth studio album, DNA, which was followed in 2022 by its first Christmas album.
    EW.com, 29 Apr. 2024
  • In 2021 a Christmas photo of his family holding guns drew cheers and scorn on social media.
    Carl Weiser, The Enquirer, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Kate, 42, hadn’t been seen publicly since Christmas until video surfaced this week of her with her husband, Prince William, heir to the throne, walking from a farm shop near their Windsor home.
    arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Through the decades, new fans keep discovering the hit, such as when Mariah Carey recorded it for her 1994 Merry Christmas album.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2020
  • While the rest of us were getting as comfy and cozy as possible over the long Christmas weekend, Cardi B did the exact opposite.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 26 Dec. 2023

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