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a Christian holiday that is celebrated on December 25 in honor of the birth of Jesus Christ or the period of time that comes before and after this holiday
We're spending Christmas with my parents.
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Recent Examples of Christmas
In 1949, James R. Newman, famed mathematician and co-author of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, began writing an annual Christmas list of children’s science books for Scientific American, a tradition the magazine continued after his death in 1966.
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Jessica George, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2025
Hiring is at one of its slowest rates in the last decade, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and job cuts are up 47% year over year, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Photograph: Saatva; Getty Images Christmas in July, mattress edition.
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 25 June 2025
The 2025 La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival was pushed ahead by the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board last week with minimal deviations from previous years.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
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Jessica George, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2025
Hiring is at one of its slowest rates in the last decade, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and job cuts are up 47% year over year, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Photograph: Saatva; Getty Images Christmas in July, mattress edition.
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 25 June 2025
The 2025 La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival was pushed ahead by the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board last week with minimal deviations from previous years.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Christmas
Advent
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In light of a strong set of intentions set out today, the Board have confidence that Advent is committed to supporting Spectris with investment that will drive growth and accelerate delivery of our strategic objectives.—
Ganesh Rao,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
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Ariel shared that all existing investors including Advent International, Brighton Park Capital, Revaia, and Greenfield Partners, returned to support Coralogix’s continued growth and launch into agentic AI observability.—
Dean DeBiase,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Christmas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Christmas. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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