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cancel someone's Christmas Sl. to kill someone; to destroy someone. (Underworld or jocular; the idea is that the dead person will not live until Christmas.) If he keeps bugging me, I'm gonna cancel his Christmas. Willie threatened to cancel Richard's Christmas if Richard didn't pay up. See also: cancel Christmas comes but once a year. Prov. Since Christmas only happens once a year, we should treat it as a special time by being good to others or by indulging children. Christmas comes but once a year, so we urge you to give to those less fortunate through this Christmas charity campaign. like turkeys voting for (an early) Christmas (British & Australian humorous) if people are like turkeys voting for Christmas, they choose to accept a situation which will have very bad results for them Usage notes: Turkeys are large birds which are often eaten on Christmas Day. Teachers agreeing to even larger class sizes would be like turkeys voting for Christmas. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The red shoestring that holds shut this richly attractive accordion-folded, three-dimensional construct--more art object than book--can be tied with the covers open back-to-back to create a five-pointed star that hangs as a Christmassy ornament. I dramatically said 'goodbye' to my Christmassy colleagues, and entered the room trying to be as cheery as possible for Jack, who was so unwell. Why, oh why, you ask (should you be melodramatic, or optimistic, enough to ask questions of poor, dumb printed pages), in the blithe, spring-like month of April, am I writing about The Nutcracker, that most wintry and Christmassy of balletic occasions? |
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