pre-Christmas

adjective

1. of or relating to the period prior to Christmas

   the pre-Christmas rush

Example Sentences

That could put jobs at risk in Aberlour on Speyside, for instance, where Walker's makes shortbread in vast quantities, much of it for export, employing up to 1,700 people in peak pre-Christmas season.

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In contrast, clothing and shoe shops saw sales rise by 4.4% last month, rebounding from falls in November and October and reflecting the jump in spending pre-Christmas.

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He said moving the game from its original November release date meant Ubisoft had missed out on sales from the busy pre-Christmas sales period.

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But the prince did not attend the Royal Family's traditional pre-Christmas lunch.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales are already in Sandringham in Norfolk for Christmas and so have missed the traditional pre-Christmas royal gathering at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.

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