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December 18, 2016
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone”

"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…

November 29, 2020
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas is just Thanksgiving with gifts”

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…

November 30, 2020
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas is just Thanksgiving with presents”

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…

December 11, 2021
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas is more of a deadline than a holiday”

"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…

December 21, 2016
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas is not as much about opening presents, as opening our hearts”

"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…

December 11, 2016
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money”

"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…

December 25, 2024
Food/Drink

“Christmas pizza should never be a thing”

Pizza is not a traditional Christmas dish, but some people would like to make Christmas pizza "a thing." Some others think that Christmas pizza should not be a thing. "Is Christmas…

October 18, 2024
Banking/Finance/InsuranceFood/DrinkHolidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas Rules: 1. Do not go into debt trying to show people how much you love them…”

Three jocular "Christmas Rules" (sometimes titled "Thanksgiving Rules" or "Holiday Rules") have been printed on many images. These "Holiday Rules" were…

December 22, 2016
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful”

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,…

December 19, 2016
Food/Drink

“Christmas: The only time of year where you can sit by a dead tree and eat candy out of socks”

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…

December 22, 2016
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Christmas: The time of year when everyone gets Santamental”

"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…

October 26, 2021
Food/Drink

“Chubby, single and ready for a Pringle”

"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…

November 5, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Chuck E. Cheese is really just a casino for children”

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…

November 20, 2021
Food/Drink

“Chunky peanut butter is just peanut butter with pulp”

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…

November 18, 2015
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“Church is never out until they stop singing”

"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…

April 6, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Churches and the casinos are closed. When heaven and hell both agree on something…it’s serious”

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…

April 1, 2022
Food/Drink

“Cigars, beer, and whiskey are all made from plants… I think I might be a vegetarian!”

"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…

December 2, 2021
Food/Drink

“Cilantropist—someone who’s generous with cilantro in their recipes”

"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…

April 16, 2020
Food/Drink

“Cinco De Mayo on Taco Tuesday and it’s ruined by a virus with the same name as a Mexican beer”

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…

March 3, 2020
Food/Drink

“Cinco de Mayo will fall on Taco Tuesday. This is it people. This is what we’ve been training for”

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,…

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