American author and humorist Dave Barry wrote about Christmas shopping for a newspaper column in November 1981: "Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of…
"Chirstmas is doing a little something extra for someone" is a popular Christmas saying that has been printed on many images. American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) wrote the…
Christmas (a December holiday) is often compared to Thanksgiving (a November holiday). "Christmas is just Thanksgiving with gifts/presents" is a common saying. "In my fam Christmas…
Christmas (a December holiday) is often compared to Thanksgiving (a November holiday). "Christmas is just Thanksgiving with gifts/presents" is a common saying. "In my fam Christmas…
"Christmas is more of a deadline than a holiday" (or "Christmas feels more like a deadline than a holiday") is a saying that has been printed on many images. For people buying…
"Christmas is not as much about opening presents, as opening our hearts" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2007, when it…
"Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print…
Three jocular "Christmas Rules" (sometimes titled "Thanksgiving Rules" or "Holiday Rules") have been printed on many images. These "Holiday Rules" were…
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) spent 52 years at Marble Collegiate Church and was one of New York City's most famous preachers. Peale wrote in a newspaper column published on December 21,…
A jocular Christmas saying was printed on Christmas cards by a least November 1986: "Christmas is just plain weird. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree in the living…
"Santamental" (Santa Claus + sentimental) is a popular portmanteau term used at Christmas. "Mr. Santamental Claus" was published in a November 1938 advertisement in the Los…
"Single and ready to mingle" is a dating saying. "Fat, single and ready for a Pringle" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Chubby, single and ready…
Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of entertainment restaurants. It was called Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre in 1985, and was dubbed a "Las Vegas casino for kids." "Chuck…
Chunky peanut butter and crunchy peanut butter have been compared to orange juice with pulp. Both peanuts butters contain some coarsely-ground peanut fragments. "I don't get chunky…
"Church is never out until they stop singing" is another way of saying "It ain't over 'til it's over." "As long as the organ is playing church is not…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic wasn’t taken seriously by some. “People keep asking me, ’Is COVID-19 REALLY that serious?’ Listen y’all, the casinos and churches are closed. When…
"Tobacco, weed, beer and whiskey are all made from plants... I think I might be a vegetarian!!" (also "Beer, whiskey & weed are all made from plants... I think I might be a…
"Cilantropist" or "cilanthropist" (cilantro + philanthropist) is a jocular portmanteau term for a lover of cilantro, or someone who gives away cilantro to others. "What do…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic ruined plans for Cinco de Mayo (Tuesday, May 5, 2020). "Cinco De Mayo finally lands on Taco Tuesday this year, and it will be messed up by a virus with the…
Cinco de Mayo ("the fifth of May," a popular day of celebration in the United States of Mexican-American culture) sometimes falls on a Tuesday ("Taco Tuesday"). "This year,…