Dec 25

Examples

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• Because the USMC could not permit work without pay, more than 1,500 workers showed up on December 25, 1944, and signed over their wages of $16,080 to the United States Treasury.

  Academic text (2009)

• While both of these observances coincide with December 25, the celebrations actually have a very different object.

  Blog text (18)

• All of that changed on December 25, 1995.

  Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016)

• I added my credit card via a manager; reservations on December 25 for dinner are confirmed.

  Blog text (13)

• The world's first Protestant missionary broadcast took place on December 25, 1931, in Spanish and English and lasted thirty minutes.

  Academic text (2007)

• The overhyped and underwhelming movie version of the musical Evita was released in the United States on December 25, 1996.

  Academic text (2004)

• His December 25, 1961, apostolic constitution Humanae salutis (Of Human Salvation) convoked the council.

  Academic text (2008)

• Families all over the world come together to celebrate Christmas on December 25.

• On December 25, people exchange gifts and enjoy festive meals with their loved ones.

• Many Christians attend church services to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25.

Synonyms

C

Christmas

vsDec 25

∞ 1.0

A Christian holiday on December 25 celebrating the birth of Jesus

is the date and holiday label rather than the festival concept in general

C

Christmas Day

vsDec 25

62 1.0

A day when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25

is the date and ordinary holiday without special legal or financial role

X

Xmas

vsDec 25

• Informal

10 2.1

A short form of Christmas, the December 25 holiday when people often give gifts

is the full traditional name or date label rather than the short written form

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology