Collocations for "Christmas"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "Christmas" in context.
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Christmas
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n as adj
- Christmas [day, time, vacations, cheer]
- Christmas [crackers, pudding, cake]
- on Christmas [Eve, morning, Day]
- sing Christmas [songs, carols]
- a Christmas [tale, celebration, party]
- [take down, put up] the Christmas decorations
- [assemble, decorate, light] the Christmas tree
- make, prepare] the Christmas [lunch, dinner]
- [get, receive, give, wrap, buy] Christmas presents
- [buy, write] Christmas cards
- during the Christmas [season, holiday]
- it's Christmas time again
- [released, recorded] a Christmas album
- vacationed in, went to, visited] Christmas Island
- Merry Christmas to [you, all, everyone, everybody]!
- would like to wish you a [merry, joyful] Christmas
- a [white, snowy, mild, sunny] Christmas
- went [away, on vacation] over Christmas
- usually go [away, to Europe] for Christmas
- Where are you going [for, this] Christmas?
- What do you want for Christmas?
- What did you get for Christmas?
- can't wait until Christmas!
- I got a [cell phone, bike, tablet] for Christmas.
- The [rain, weather, news, argument] ruined Christmas.
- Might (not) have a white Christmas this year after all.
'Christmas' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Wednesday
- advent
- annual
- approach
- around
- bat
- beard
- bicycle
- binge
- bonus
- boyfriend
- break
- buy
- calendar
- celebrate
- cheer
- coal
- corner
- crunch
- deck
- delivery
- dinner
- drape
- elf
- enter
- entertaining
- eve
- family
- fir
- fly
- fudge
- ghost
- gift
- girlfriend
- give
- ham
- hamper
- haul
- holiday
- intervene
- joyful
- keyboard
- kitten
- kitty
- lighting
- list
- loot
- lump
- mass
- merry