Christmastide
Example Sentences
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Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” consists of six cantatas written for various days of Christmastide and not intended to be performed together, as they often are today.
From New York Times
“Suffice it to say, whilst I was trying to enjoy a peaceful Advent and Christmastide, I have barely been able to concentrate on anything else,” he wrote.
From Seattle Times
As if their grasping, gimme-gimme outstretched hands are somehow the true embodiment of the Christmastide.
The choir of Chevy Chase United Methodist Church will perform holiday music that explores the rich Advent and Christmastide repertoire that flourished in England from the 19th century to today.
From Washington Post
Another consequence, around Christmastide, is the sudden disappearance of the food supply of the Pacific anchoveta—and thus of the livelihoods of Peruvian fishermen.
From Economist
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