pre-Christmas

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adjective

of or relating to the period prior to Christmasthe pre-Christmas rush

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How to use pre-Christmas in a sentence

That would lead to procedural snafus, and the pre-Christmas clock would run out.
Joe Lieberman's Civil-Rights Coup|Howard Kurtz|December 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I plan on spending the pre-Christmas season freeloading off French friends, eating their foie gras, and drinking their champagne.
Only the French Would Be Smug About the Recession|Janine di Giovanni|December 11, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Paris is in the midst of its pre-Christmas sales, and as far as I can see, people are not holding back.
Only the French Would Be Smug About the Recession|Janine di Giovanni|December 11, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Did you see Robert again subsequent to this pre-Christmas Party 1962?
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy