ISTM Idiome

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Christmas graduate

a student who leaves college at Christmas Among the Christmas graduates last year was Gerard Kutz.

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To be off someone's Christmas card list

"Oh dear. I think I'm off her Christmas card list after insulting her husband!"

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white Christmas

when it snows at Christmas: "There hasn't been a white Christmas here since 1983."

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Christmas card|Christmas|Xmas|card

n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon A speeding ticket. Smokey just gave a Christmas card to the eighteen wheeler we passed.

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Christmas club|Christmas|Xmas|club

n. A plan for putting money in the bank to be saved for Christmas shopping. John deposits $10 each week in the Christmas club. The woman will get her Christmas club money on December 10.

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Father Christmas|Christmas|Father|Xmas

n., British The joyful spirit of Christmas; Santa Claus. English children look forward to the visit of Father Christmas.

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lit up like a Christmas tree|Christmas|Christmas t

adj. phr., informal To be drunk. On New Year's Eve Ned was lit up like a Christmas tree.
Compare: THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND.