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Christmas box

British  

noun

  1. a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc

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If you’ve got a Christmas box to send, Get it in the mail by June.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

An unprecedented Hollywood gamble to reassemble cast and crew for breakneck shooting and editing in a race to deliver a new version in time for the US Christmas box office, just like that?

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2018

Yesterday I opened an Amazon Christmas box from a relative.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2017

It has been nearly twenty years since the Farrelly Bros’ original Dumb and Dumber took the Christmas box office by storm in 1994.

From Forbes • Nov. 13, 2014

The gift I ordered for you did not come in time for the Christmas box.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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