Just like in the Christmas Story movie they show on TV.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“A fascinating place, really. We spent a few days with Hugo in Jackson, Wyoming. You met Hugo last Christmas, didn't you, Mark?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For us young brothers, taking a stroll down here, even on Christmas Eve, was not relaxing at all. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But Dr. Doris wanted to talk about Christmas, too. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mam says, Because ’tis Christmas and he has sore eyes and the nut is good for the sore eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself that we wanted to make Christmas last but whenever it was my turn to open a package, I yanked at the ribbons and tore off the paper because I couldn’t wait. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead there’s a scatter of flyers on the bulletin board, and the doorway to the gym is surrounded with colored streamers and twinkly white Christmas lights. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas,” I said, and kissed him on the cheek. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he asked about her Christmas, Eleanor told him about her mom's cookies and the movies, and how Mouse thought The Grinch was about "all the Hoots down in Hootville." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Merry Christmas to you and yours, dear Celie. continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In church, Christmas began at midnight mass, Christmas Eve. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather was exceptionally mild that Christmas holiday and one amazing morning our whole family got ready to go for our first drive in the first motor-car we had ever owned. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time it was as full as tonight was on the Christmas nativity play night when I'd been a Scruffy Urchin of Bethlehem. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Despite everything that had happened between her and Chacko, there was nobody in the world she would rather spend Christmas with. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know Grandma and Grandpa would buy you another one. For Christmas. Or Mom and Dad—they have all that celebrity-wedding money coming in.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He left Christmas holidays for Mother because it is her holiday, not his. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan looked at Angel and, in that gravelly voice that Gerald hated, said to her, “I got you a Christmas present, Angel.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And only when he was certain that she had not heard him, that he had Faded, or was simply not someone she cared enough about to listen to, she said, “Blimmen 'eck. It’s like Christmases.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Naomi had shown it to them on Christmas Day when she’d told them the story of how it’d been a prize for a dance-off that their mother had won on her birthday. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two days before Christmas it was too cold for the convertible, but the top of Brooke’s car was down anyway. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Christmas lights lined the ceiling—the only lights in the whole place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It is too much. Before that, I sleep for five hours, and I drove fourteen hours before that. We are shorthanded, before Christmas.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

In late December, the time came to go home for Christmas break. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We pull into a dirt lot filled with cars and people and Christmas trees. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I finish with the garments, I wrap them in the leftover paper Mother bought last Christmas. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And on this Christmas morning, he felt cold outside as well. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished these before Christmas, so I started a hat of the same materials. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's like saying that come Christmas, a magic dustpan flies in from the North Pole, led by eight flying cinder blocks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Not really. We moved here just after Christmas. We lived here when I was five, though.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But it seems like a mean thing to do, especially at Christmas. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Luke had moved in with the Hudsons by now, and our families got together on Christmas Eve. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

With the blanket wrapped around both of them, they sat on the sofa in the darkness of that Christmas morning, silent and sorrowful. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was that the Rosenwald overlapped with the great Hastings Christmas Congress in England, the annual international tournament that, over the years, had seen some of the greatest chess legends capture first prize. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas and New Year’s came and went like a slow and anguishing blur. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Most likely Holmes forged the envelopes or else duped Emeline into preparing them by persuading her they would be used for a legitimate purpose, perhaps for Christmas cards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I ate half of my Christmas orange with ostentatious enjoyment, much to the annoyance of those who had already finished theirs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He slips the book he will give her for Christmas into the pocket of his coat, making sure it’s well concealed, and calls the elevator to take him upstairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Christmas came my mother locked my ailing brother and sister and me inside the house, while she went about the township begging for cookies, Kool-Aid and other foods to keep us alive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll do that then. Every Christmas. Every holiday. But especially in the summertime.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I put them on my Christmas list, but my father said no way was he going to spend more on a pair of sneakers than on a week’s worth of groceries. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Makes it nice to have money around Christmas. We could cook a turkey this year.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same color as Christmas tinsel. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell her how proud and good she made him feel, that the rest of Christmas didn’t matter because today had been so good, but the words he needed weren’t there. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She reached up and lifted the Christmas ornament from its nail and placed it in Beto’s hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We figure we have until Christmas to convince him to let us stay,” Jessie added. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t matter. It could have been my Christmas list for all he cared.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ophie knocked her shin into a wooden crate full of Christmas ornaments and stumbled into a hatstand before she managed to gain her bearings. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We always had roast beef or turkey and ham for Christmas. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some committee decided the theme should be Midnight in Paris, so there’s a huge Eiffel Tower made out of Christmas lights. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why we even bother hiding things from you. We could never keep birthday or Christmas gifts a secret. You always found what you were getting.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In my opinion, we should get the whole week off, like for Christmas. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She explained that another friend, Ann, was giving her annual Christmas party, and most of the people I invited would be going there. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not seem like a Sunday, maybe because we had just gone to church on Christmas day. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor Swaney was deluged with angry phone calls and emails from Times readers who were appalled that he had kicked the Fugees out of the town park after Christmas. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

So nice to give a maid a copy of Walden for Christmas rather than that dreary envelope, and to be able to say so to her friends. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The BSC staged a Christmas parade at the same time the white Merchants Association held its annual event. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pa had Johnny Mathis singing Christmas carols on our deluxe stereo. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Oliver scowled—was she making another Christmas present? The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We held brother-sister boxing matches in the kitchen, using the two sets of gloves my dad had given us for Christmas, along with personalized instructions on how to land a proper jab. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They drink the champagne out of Styrofoam cups, forcing Ashima to have some, too, and they play the Perry Como Christmas tape his father always liked. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And Christmas I’m going to Sioux Falls. I got a aunt there.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas made me nervous for a lot of reasons. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Did Denise’s family eat Christmas dinner staring at an empty chair at the table? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, too, Christmas was coming and I found myself thinking of getting home more often than was helpful. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas and New Years is a busy time for art galleries! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She said, “Not one of em came this Christmas. I was looking for ’em all day, and my heart’s most broke about ’em not coming.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cottages stood on either side of the narrow road, Christmas decorations twinkling in their windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I can’t get over how cool it looks in here, especially with the Christmas lights,” I say. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Here, everyone talked about Santa Claus bringing presents the next morning, and Mrs. Baxter planned on making a ham, scalloped potatoes, and her special carrot-pineapple gelatin salad for our Christmas Day lunch. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I shall ever feel as old again as I did that Christmas. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Christmas we received gifts from our mother and father, who lived separately in a heaven called California, where we were told they could have all the oranges they could eat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My imagination lit up like a Christmas tree, glowing with all the possibilities. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you like living with the Mosses?” my teacher asked after Christmas vacation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

For nine Christmases now I’ve prayed he would be with us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor has a colorful rug on it, and there are Christmas lights strung around the space. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get back on topic. I figure we have until Christmas to convince the Beiderman to let us stay.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was still living in Chicago when I began to receive creepy Christmas newsletters designed to look like tabloids and annual reports. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I asked him if he would send my parents a reassuring note, explaining that I would be staying with a friend for Christmas break. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At night she had seen the lamps shining in Mr. Fitzgibbon’s house, and at Christmas time the lights that his sons strung on a pine tree outside. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’s so excited, he has to call a bunch of friends and tell them how this has turned out to be the best Christmas ever. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Before Christmas I asked what not liking the taste of sprouts has to do with “adolescent discontent.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A crowd of neighbors, including Mr. Jones the postman and Mr. Ritchie the Christmas tree guy, stopped in, along with Mr. Van Hooten, who pulled out his violin and started playing holiday music. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I’m not complaining, nurse, I’m only wondering if I’ll be home for Christmas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

An hour ago she had declined to go to Meeting, saying airily that she and her grandfather had seldom attended divine service, except for the Christmas Mass. What an uproar she had caused! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the gold light from the candle illuminated old furniture, boxes, wrought iron signs, and empty trunks marked for Christmas. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her mother didn't thank her. park They were shopping for Christmas dinner, and it was taking forever because it always made Park's mom nervous to cook for his grandmother. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later Charles Howard stormed into the racing secretary’s office at Santa Anita and announced that Seabiscuit would not run on Christmas. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wraps the head in newspaper, hands it to Mam and says, Happy Christmas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was hopping about among the saucepans and the machines like a child among his Christmas presents, not knowing which thing to look at first. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

And if it had not been the end of November, with Christmas already in the air, I might not have thought of the perfect way to solve my problem. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad did some serious online shopping on Christmas Eve. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I remember that one year during the war, my dad was away in the Navy, and the trees were coming down after Christmas. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

For Christmases and birthdays she requested wigs and makeup, hospital gowns and uniforms. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“A headache three days to Christmas? No way. I will wake him up and cure that headache.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As a plaque beside their front door proclaimed, Radar’s house was an officially registered Santa Landmark according to the Society for Christmas. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She usually chose to celebrate the birth of our Lord by going on a good long bender, one that started a couple days before Christmas and ended well after New Year’s. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Christmas came about a month after your funeral. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I told you to make a real Christmas dinner. I gave you money for a real Christmas dinner." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Aunt Queen had loved snow on Christmas morning. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lots of people exchange gifts on Christmas Eve." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The pharmacist always made Doctor Copeland sole judge of the papers and the winner was announced at the Christmas party. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It hit midnight and became, officially, Christmas Eve. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s this activity where a group of friends draw names out of a hat, and they are supposed to buy a lot of Christmas presents for whatever person they choose. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“When I’m done, we’ll put on some of that corny Christmas music you like.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Christmas, though, was a big deal in foster homes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve, Henry took them to Kilgore to see the lights. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe you sing carols and decorate a Christmas tree in the lobby. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pull a pad out of my pocketbook where I keep a list of what needs to be tended to, not for Miss Celia, but my own groceries, Christmas presents, things for my kids. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He told me about a huge gala at the Marion Hotel, and said the junior and senior picnics at Central High were better than Christmas and New Year’s combined. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were supposed to be festive, like the decorations people put out for July Fourth, Halloween, or Christmas. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not much to look at. Dad used to call it my ‘big girl’ bike, but I got a BMX for Christmas. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

This would be our first trip without Eleanor, but then there have been lots of firsts—first Thanksgiving, first Christmas, first New Year’s Eve. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Christmas is no day for lessons,” said Papa. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most everybody said, “Wait till Christmas. It’s only eighteen days to wait. Santa’s got big gifts—big enough for your birthday and your Christmas!” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Joaquin looked at every baby photo, every first day of school, every Christmas morning, every Halloween. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We had always spent Christmas at home, with bells tinkling in the streets, and warm smells wafting from the kitchen. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The next week passed in a kitchenstorm of flour and sugar, for Christmas was fast approaching. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would the spring be like, or Christmas, or rain? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I always stay at Hogwarts for the Christmas and Easter holidays,” he said, “and I don’t ever want to go back to Privet Drive.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Friday before Christmas, but it was early in the morning, and hardly anyone was on Fifth Avenue. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s a strange birthday to have because it is so close to Christmas. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of breaking for the holidays, it went into a special session with the aim of pushing through to a vote before Christmas. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The red glass bulbs my father bought my mother one Christmas. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look at the dollies because I wanted to choose one for Christmas. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It will be His Christmas gift to us. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The fireflies reflected off the shiny forest leaves, looking like possessed Christmas lights. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had to make the Christmas cheese grits. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

After the second song started, I asked him if it was the mix tape I made him for Secret Santa Christmas. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I did not think I could stand a Christmas at my parents’ house, with a plastic tree and no snow and the TV going constantly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, we know what to get you next Christmas,” said Hermione brightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to come to my place on Christmas Day?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I had asked Melba June, the junior that I had danced with at the Christmas formal, to be my date, and she had jumped into my arms, right there in the auditorium. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Today was the Christmas parade and our float was impressive. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it fell on a Thursday, Christmas was handled like a weekend day at prison: no programs and few runs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of the Eve of Christmas Robin was at his post on top of the keep, with Adam Bowyer, who was on watch. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after Christmas, the University of Cambridge wrote to Dr. Kerry, rejecting my application. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Eugene is arranging for extra chairs to be put outside, especially on Christmas day. So many people have come already.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s get together after the Christmas holidays and talk about how you managed. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Electrical current. Tucked into the heels of those blue suede shoes I gave you for Christmas,” Ladybird explained. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Poor, poor boy! It might well have been Sir Lancelot He is known to have been killed by a boar last Christmas.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They always had waffles and watched movies on Christmas Eve. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Got one. Jana Goldstein. Movie theater listings in one hand; takeout menus in the other. Ready for tomorrow. Merry Christmas to Jew!” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Just like last year, we were going to open up a couple of gifts on Christmas Eve and then the rest on Christmas morning. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were gunned down in front of their house on Christmas Day. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas,” said Ron sleepily as Harry scrambled out of bed and pulled on his bathrobe. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And it stayed with us the rest of Christmas vacation. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve, my father went out somewhere with Ernie Eco, and Lucas didn’t want to go to midnight Mass, and so Christopher stayed with him, and my mother and I went. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A few days before Christmas, Santa Claus came by helicopter to Clarkston City Hall. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I had it developed a while ago. It’s from Christmas.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“We have a ham at Christmas,” she responded, inspecting a frayed cuff. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“A few days before Christmas, the spacecraft Apollo 8 leaves the planet. Then, on Christmas Eve, the astronauts send this image back to Earth from outer space.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A seven-step stoop, an old-school buzzer box, and Christmas lights in one of the neighbor’s windows that I could tell had been there all year long. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Saturday before Christmas, we go shopping in the open air mercado for roasted pig, avocados, guava paste, and ripe plantains for pIátanos maduros, the different merchants calling out their wares from their stands. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

All mail has to go through the censors first, so, especially at Christmas, it takes a long time to get a letter. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be the worst Christmas Eve dinner if we have to move,” grumbled Isa. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the fall it held a few sprigs of bittersweet and at Christmas time it held holly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Hermione made their way to the back of the room, where there was a small, vacant table between the window and a handsome Christmas tree, which stood next to the fireplace. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There would be singing and caroling in the Hall and Robin remembered his father’s letter and hoped that Christmas would bring his father and mother to the castle. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She wore the fatty suit home one Christmas, and our father met us at the Raleigh airport. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas,” I say, my voice coming out in a tiny croak. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve 1906, from a wind-lashed transmitting station overlooking the Atlantic Ocean at Brant Rock, Massachusetts, a momentous sound was heard. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Also a red plastic purse, which I remember getting for Christmas once. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm X next came to my room in the Hotel Wellington, I said, “I’ve gotten something for you to take to Attallah and Qubilah for Christmas gifts,” and I “walked” out the dolls. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were gifts, heirlooms, and mementos we got to touch or see only at Christmas or Easter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never outgrown the habit of getting up early to scope out the gift situation under the tree on Christmas morning. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen her since her house last Wednesday, which is the longest we’ve gone without seeing each other all year, except for during Christmas, when she visited her aunt in Cincinnati. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The book on violins that Steve had got him for Christmas was lying behind him on his windowsill. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When our hands connected, I swear to Christmas I felt a current of electricity jolt through me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We'd listen to Christmas music on the radio and hang ornaments, then sit on the sofa and lean back with our mugs and crumb-covered plates to admire our work. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Christmas arrives, and he waits by the door. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Somebody in every fambly got to be the picture taker. A fambly takes pictures at Christmas and birthdays and suchlike, don’t they?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the Christmas spirit in the air, or the thought of a two-week vacation, but everyone seemed a lot more lighthearted, in spite of finals. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Which is coming up: they'll be here for the Christmas holidays. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The green fluid clashes against his hair like a Christmas wreath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Those carefree Christmases of my childhood seemed like a lifetime ago. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On campus the big event was the Christmas Cantata, a musical program put on by the residents, followed by fancy food served in the cottages. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The end came on Christmas Eve 1869; at the age of fifty-five, Stanton died from a sudden and very severe asthma attack. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sun comes out, and the stage and its occupants light up like a Christmas creche. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The weather since Christmas has been weird, like the sea and the sky are fighting. Then I talked to Annabeth, and she’d overheard something about a theft. And . . . I’ve also been having these dreams.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It's as if this is a whole backyard, complete with a wide canopy, outdoor furniture, plants, and string of gold and silver Christmas lights that Darius turns on from some hidden spot. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Occupation itself lasted only nine months; by Christmas that first year it was over. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To the spirit of Christmas and to the glory of God.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas, I received a pink Barbie radio and a Precious Moments sleeping bag. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It's Christmas Eve day, and something feels a little bit off. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

One Christmas my grandparents bought my brothers a Lionel train set. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They brought the scent of the Sahara and Christmas, and yanked the slender, ovate leaves down from the frangipani and the needlelike leaves from the whistling pines, covering everything in a film of brown. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Think about what you’ve done, okay? And have a great holiday. Happy Chanukah! Merry Christmas! Happy Kwanzaa!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Otis Bottom looked like he didn’t really want to be back from Christmas break yet. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The ’Stros are my favorite team, which is why I have the vintage hat, a Christmas present from last year. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When I grow up I want to be a pioneer girl and help Ma make Christmas pies. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t a cozy gang,” Kamen lamented in a letter to McMillan after the Rad Lab Christmas party that year, attended by scores of strangers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“What if he’s Jewish? Would Christmas carols offend him?” asked Jessie from her spot by the radiator. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“We’re not people that put on. Now Christmas is coming,” she bribed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas,” he said, “and Happy New Year.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been mostly normal since our conversation on Christmas, but she always looked a little nervous when the competition came up. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I shopped at Goodwill for their clothes and for their Christmas gfts, and I’d walk them around and let them play outside. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Anderson opens the door and leads the way in, grinning like a kid on Christmas. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

For her birthday, she got a silver dollar; at Christmas, she got a gift of snuff. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jonathan relaxed in a chair there, gazing at our little Christmas tree with its twinkly lights. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Christmas trees and menorahs were displayed in the windows of many apartments. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

First, the holidays came and Aibileen had to work late almost every night, wrapping presents and cooking for Elizabeth’s Christmas party. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The President announced that the lights on the White House Christmas tree would not be lit, and the gas-tank lock was born. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ever since Christmas, David had stopped getting excited about anything. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Christmas tree Jameso put up a week ago dries and drops needles every time someone walks into the relaxing room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was dolled up like a Christmas tree in a red velvet skirt, a red and white striped waist, and a red velvet hat trimmed in real holly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

For Christmas was a long holiday, a whole stretch of days, until after New Year’s. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, the children and I will come on Christmas day.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I swung open the front door, and there was my new bike, all set up in the living room like a little kid’s Christmas present. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I’m trudging up the hill from school in torrential rain with one thing on my mind: What am I going to do when Brian comes back for Christmas break and he’s with Jude? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Those are the ones I asked for for Christmas. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was excited because he was bringing home a Christmas tree. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

More leaves fell, Thanksgiving came, then the first snow, then Christmas, and more snow. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had Christmas lights and a Christmas tree. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He recalls her promises to return for Christmas and how she never did. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I want for Christmas. All I want. To wrap this up. Wrap it up and sleep till New Year’s. Wouldn’t that be one hell of a present?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning he lights the fire early so that we can have sausages and bread and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What about Christmas carols? Or, do you know if he’s Jewish?” asked Oliver. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Christmas is over and spring seems years away. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a year ago we were groaning over the dismal Christmas we expected to have. Do you remember?” asked Jo, breaking a short pause which had followed a long conversation about many things. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not see much of him in those final weeks of the year; he was busy finishing his manuscript, and we went to Philadelphia to spend Christmas with friends of my parents. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just after Christmas Holmes asked one of his associates, Charles Chappell, to come to his building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Granny inherited her, and now she was ours—for Christmas and Thanksgiving and all the Sundays between. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They all knew that changes in jobs were arranged during the Christmas season. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

About ten days before Christmas, it snowed overnight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is why, on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, my bed is littered with all sorts of craft project supplies: felt, glitter, glue, scissors, hole punch, sequins, and stars. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Then: “Fredrick. This is a Christmas party. It is to be held on Christmas Day. Are you suggesting that I can somehow change the date of Christmas?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I wasn't supposed to come back after Christmas vacation on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

To me it was like a second Christmas. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll gather together for our traditional Christmas dinner of pheasant and Yorkshire pudding and sweet, creamy trifle. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Barack and I talked the idea through, not once, but many times, right up to and through our Christmas trip to visit Toot in Hawaii. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Tio Fello dragged her off right after Christmas because he found her very thin and sad and thought the mountain air would invigorate her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband had given her the robe years ago, for a Christmas now long forgotten. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing a black dress decorated with hot-glued glitter stars that I cut out of some old Christmas wrapping paper I found in my closet. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Come Christmas Day, we would fly home to find a leg of lamb thawing beneath six inches of frost, the purchase date revealing that it had been bought midway through the Carter administration. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was sure she was happy that she’d insisted on one last Christmas with our grandpa. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They piled so much homework on them that the Easter holidays weren’t nearly as much fun as the Christmas ones. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The results would let everyone know where they stood going into the longer, harder push after the Christmas break. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I emerged from the stargate in Sector Ten, my radar screen lit up like a Christmas tree. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Some family with an immense house—one floor, thirty-four or -five rooms around a Spanish-style courtyard—had invited soldiers from Fort Bliss to come for a Christmas party and dinner. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A drunk man staggered along the street in front of the courthouse wall, saying “Merry Christmas” to everyone. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benton, he thought, wouldn’t do such a thing as jump off a bell tower on Christmas Day. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There would be no day off, and if any Christmas boxes had been prepared for the staff, they were nowhere in evidence. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It's settling in, that it's not going to transform for Christmas, that it's going to look exactly the same as it does now, only one person emptier. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One simply went outside and picked sycamore balls and picked up pinecones of every size and then came in and gilded them and hung them on the tree with Christmas string. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

For Christmas, Carol gives me some Friendship’s Garden bath salts and Grace gives me a coloring book of Virginia Mayo. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This idea came to me when I took some men on a package run—the package room was open because of the potential for late-arriving Christmas presents. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started way back when I got my first football helmet for Christmas. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Born prematurely on Christmas Day in 1642, Isaac Newton squirmed into the world, so small that he was able to fit into a quart pot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

One Christmas, Elizabeth showed one of the law students a new coral necklace and bracelets she had been given. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He got Ob through an awful Christmas by bringing over a one-thousand piece jigsaw puzzle of the Great Pyramids Christmas morning. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

But after Christmas Dad seemed to deflate, to collapse in on himself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had such a good feeling that she’d decided that this year we were going to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Day, instead of a week later. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been saving my book since Christmas, waiting for a long stretch of time that didn’t include bickering sisters, a heap of chores, and homework. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I started to think the situation was my fault because I always asked for the top video games every Christmas and birthday. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I next saw Jake at the company Christmas party at the Club House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So for them, it was like having two Christmases every year. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The radiators didn’t kick back on until late that night, but with all the people packed into our apartment that afternoon, it started to feel a little more like Christmas. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“You and Bonnie are sisters decorating a Christmas tree.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

This year, they won their fifth game before Christmas. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We were depressed and on edge, still shaken up about September 11, and then re-shaken when someone tried to blow up another plane by hiding a bomb in his shoes two days before Christmas Eve. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was the day when the delight of Christmas really took fire in the Stanton family. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured maybe it was global warming or something, because the weather all across New York state had been weird since Christmas. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I had a shabby, tight-fitting khaki safari suit my parents had bought me two Christmases ago. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in years when there wasn’t much money, they managed to have a wonderful Christmas, with Aunt Queen always stretching the cookie dough and the turkey dressing just enough to make ends meet. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t get stacks of presents to unwrap at Christmas. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She’s going to visit her mom next week for Christmas break. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

For they had talked of this, going away together, just the two of them, Maxine picking him up after Christmas, staying at the lake house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kind of embarrassing, thinking back on it, but at that moment, I didn’t care about anything except my best friend, standing in my doorway on Christmas. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Christmas vacation was almost as bad as last year’s. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

For Christmas and birthdays I received such gifts as a microscope, a chemistry set, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t try to make us sign on Christmas Eve.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I turned my attention to other experiments of my own devising, anything to keep me away from Christmas socks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On previous holidays—Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Groundhog Day—Stargirl had left a little something on each desk in her homeroom. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Most of what we got were things that had gone on sale after Christmas last year. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I’d be black every day of the year even Christmas when you’re supposed to give yourself a good wash for the coming of the Infant Jesus. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

During “hiring season,” the Christmas break of his second year, he went down to New York to interview with the big corporate law firms of the day. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Two days before Christmas 1937, a load of 196 tons of steel was delivered to the Moore Dry Dock Company on the Oakland waterfront, to be machined into the Crocker Cracker’s huge magnet. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The system failed, failed all the way through the complication of mechanics and computers, burning each one down like the pop and sizzle of a string of Christmas lights, shuddered to ruin one by one. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“For three years I looked forward very childishly to the war ending at Christmas. But now I look forward till when our son will be a lieutenant commander.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ever since Christmas Eve, I had felt like people were on the lookout for me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I know. But I did so hope he’d be home by Christmas Day.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas wasn’t far away, and that’s always a good topic for conversation. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never recovered from his injuries, and shortly after Christmas that year he died of heart failure at the age of thirty-four, leaving Marian’s mother to raise their three girls. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Well, besides the thank-you notes Mom still makes me write to Grandma and Grandpa after my birthday and Christmas. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And Zohra would love checking out the museums and the mall and all the Christmas decorations and lights. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They arrived on a fine Sunday morning shortly before Christmas, entering the hacienda with all the clamor of a pirate crew. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laney put on her panda jacket, collected Paganini, and grabbed the small Christmas tree before heading to the second floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Angel. Me and Aunt Queen always had a big Christmas. What did you do last year?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A deputy superintendent whose office I passed on my way out told me he was staying late because two years earlier there had been a Christmas Eve homicide on M-gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas spirit was definitely thin on the ground in the Gryffindor common room that morning. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The fluorescent grocery-store lights, all the shoppers and their carts, the crying babies, the Christmas music—it would be too much if I didn't know exactly what to buy. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every year Mama made enough Christmas cookies to feed the entire population of Harlem, and ever since he could remember, she appointed him the distributor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They went on Christmas and Easter for the long services with their grandparents in the Bronx. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

At six-thirty sharp when I burst into my parents’ room, yelling “Merry Christmas!,” they both laughed and jumped right up as if six-thirty wasn’t an early hour at all. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper claimed his favorite spot on the bench, crooning with vigor, as if he’d just gobbled down a Christmas feast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Christmas and the New Year had been celebrated at Gateshead with the usual festive cheer; presents had been interchanged, dinners and evening parties given. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas, old drunk,” I said to him. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was nearing along toward Christmas time and Bubber began to talk about the Little Lord Jesus and the red bicycle he wanted Santa Claus to bring him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not, but I think we can talk him into Christmas pudding. The point is, I love you, and Dad, and your brothers more than all of those things put together.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Since Christmas and Hanukkah were not that far off, there was a “Holiday Countdown”—a column listing the top ten presents that kids on the red and blue teams were hoping for. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley had sent him a scarlet sweater with the Gryffindor lion knitted on the front, also a dozen home-baked mince pies, some Christmas cake, and a box of nut brittle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He said “Merry Christmas” to the boy, and he smiled at the boy too. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Maria. It’s too cold to play outside, but guess what? It’s gettin’ close to Christmas!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She lights blunt red sticks of Korean incense he gave her for Christmas and paces in circles, cutting slow butterflies in the smoke with her arms. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after my seventh birthday, my parents took me as usual to spend Christmas with my grandmother in Norway. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It’s still six days until Christmas, but no one’s bothered to water it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her Christmas dinner had been a big piece of venison, but the night air had enlarged her appetite. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the people, who were accustomed to poverty and most of whom had never eaten chicken except at Christmas and on Independence Day, did not give up the euphoria of the first days of victory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were busy cooking dinner for our Christmas Eve bash. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The Christmas mornings of his youth had been suffocated under an excess of piety, prayer, and silence, as if a giant wool blanket had settled over the house. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

On this particular Christmas, I was overjoyed to find a place where we belonged, where we could touch the merchandise and behave as though we were free and equal. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning I received a pink bicycle with training wheels and Luke got a red tricycle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Over 20,000 enthusiastic people showed up for the Black Christmas parade in Hayti, cheering as groups representing dozens of black organizations marched by. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“By the end of Christmas break,” I say. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When he left, was around Christmas I think, he gave me fifty bucks and a pack of cigarettes for lettin’ him stay here. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The year he turned thirty we celebrated Christmas at the home of my older sister Lisa. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’m ready to begin, but in the few days leading up to Christmas I allow work to get in the way. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The town was decorated for Christmas and I felt lost in the great crowds. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what can you really expect from someone who asks for chemistry kits and brain models for Christmas? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And she kissed my head and gave me some empanaditas she had saved from Christmas day. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Sundays were to the rest of the week, Christmas was to the rest of the year. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had given it to me the Christmas before she died. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Blacks for several counties around were urged not to shop in Durham that Christmas. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She might take the occasion to raise Cain about the Christmas play. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Rae, of course, looks like a kid on Christmas and is totally oblivious. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The only new result we were likely to pick up before Christmas was the divalent metal content of the DNA- containing phage T4. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

On the Christmas tree lot we had hot coffee with Sambuca in it, and cookies, and calzones and pizza and pasta and every wonderful food I could want. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, this finger is for today, and this one is for tomorrow, and this one is for the day after that, which is Christmas. You see?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And that time I saw him looking into your room on Christmas Day. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem that I’d be using it for anything but writing Christmas cards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The joy and freedom of the church Christmas doings kept my spirit up for the entire weekend. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Christmas is the season for miracles, you know. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Johnny Lightbourne and I found a discarded Christmas wreath consisting of a red fuzzy material wrapped around newspaper, which in turn was wrapped around a wire frame. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

His loud Dominican voice boomed back: him and his family was flying to DR on Christmas Day tomorrow. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

"We have most of the books here. If you come up next week, when Betty and I are off for Christmas, we can go over them together." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down on the corner some guys were selling Christmas trees and had started a fire in a garbage can to keep warm. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got out his leather covered notepad with the graph paper that Mom bought him for Christmas one year, and he started making a list of potential clients, and Mom rubbed his shoulders. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The only difference is that I don’t give out cards with little Santas or Christmas trees on them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A Christmas gift from Granddad some years back. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s Christmas Day, you silly boy. Christmas Day! Presents are traditional, are they not?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She considered saving the shirt for Christmas, going to Rizzoli and buying him an architecture book instead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

During one of our study sessions in late November, I worked up the courage to ask Dorothy to the Christmas formal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I then remembered the Christmas when Papá gave Mamá an embroidered handkerchief he had bought from a young couple who needed money to buy food. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Christmas at Stagecoach Pass was actually pretty cool. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Once again he did his Christmas shopping in a Rexall drugstore. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we all have lunch on Christmas day?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We can still do this. I had a really great idea when we were walking to get the Christmas tree. Listen.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We have to keep dragging the bag or we’ll never have our Christmas dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

From then on, I sent his children Christmas cards every year. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet they just thought they'd have to give us gifts on random days—days that wasn't our birthday or Christmas. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was hating all of the Christmas cooking and tunes and dumb holiday specials...but this one Christmas gift had slowly grabbed hold of something inside of me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, so tiny that, as his mother told him years later, he would have fit into a quart mug. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She begged the officials to return us in time for Christmas. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Wherever there wasn’t a Christmas ball, tinsel hung down, except when the lobby doors opened and it blew straight out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She generously said I could stay with her and her husband after Christmas, as their son would be away at school for the semester. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They were on their way up to spend Christmas with his mother and Sonia. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A year and a half before, Jamie had made a big purchase; he had spent his birthday money and part of his Christmas money on a transistor radio, made in Japan, purchased from Woolworth’s. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on the mess-hall bridge, two sergeants waited for inmates to get out of earshot and then wished us all a Merry Christmas. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey came out in his robe and gave me a box wrapped in Christmas paper. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Christmas vacation, everyone returned looking a little bit different. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You want to catch some gross disease? He probably hasn’t had a bath since Christmas,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, we opened presents first thing after Mom made coffee, like always. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We pulled all the old Christmas decorations out of storage and placed them around the park—things like wreaths made of horseshoes and cowboy boots filled with fake poinsettias. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Seems like just the other day he was calling Mama’s phone to say he’d be home for Christmas. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Grandparents laden with shopping bags of Christmas presents. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Martin, we have not been able to eat meat on Christmas for so many years,” she said. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Every time it comes to Christmas it’s all I can think about. . . deep down. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

After Grandpa went back to work just before Christmas, Aunt Loma had the gall to go ask him herself to raise Camp’s pay. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We guffawed over that for a while, although the idea of Fang's mom trading his Christmas gift for booze wasn’t much of a stretch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Meet me at the Museum of art near the door at quarter past 12 if you can and I will give you your Christmas dough back. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then Percy said rather stiffly, “Merry Christmas, Mother.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the Christmas pageant she is cast not as Mary as in past years but as an elf. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rimas cried at the mention of the wafer and the traditional Christmas blessing, “God grant that we are all together again next year.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was still early on Christmas Eve day when C.P. arrived at the hospital just north and east of town, on the other side of Falls Lake. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The guy who sends the Christmas cards every year with five bucks for me and Charlie?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

For several days, the captives were held on the airfield, shivering by night, sweltering by day, singing Christmas carols to cheer themselves. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I left the little Christmas tree outside his door,” Laney said while sucking on a strand of her hair. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dad ran around like a kid on Christmas, his eyes glued to the birds wheeling above us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Now I was pushing a shopping cart with a Christmas tree on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I could see that they liked each other and that it was going to be a splendid Christmas. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The card still sits in my pocket as I wish the father a merry Christmas and move on into the evening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And, for the families who could afford it, their houses would be elaborately decorated with trinketry, and the very affluent would have Christmas trees in their homes and exchange small gifts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver, who had spent quite a bit of time contemplating what he was going to get for Christmas, just remembered he was expected to give gifts as well. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bundles of Christmas gifts prepared by foster parents’ associations began arriving in early December. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“If he follows this path he'll spend Christmas at the ends of the earth.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We had breakfast and opened our presents earlier. She had to go do the Christmas thing with her boyfriend’s family.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Uncle Maury straddling his legs before the fire must remove one hand long enough to drink Christmas. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad is flying in from California for Christmas, and it’s fine, but it’s also in the Post. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This is where we used to have Christmas when I was a boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were followed by a wobbly-legged youngster that looked as fragile as a Christmas ornament. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins then had a great argument with Father Christmas over a cake of soap. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Last Christmas, Pilar gave her a book of essays on Cuba called A Revolutionary Society. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Christmas dinner wasn’t the best that the O’Briens would ever have but it was far from being the worst. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to our Christmas tree and come back with a large square package that I didn’t mark with a name. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“The whole neighborhood will be there. One more word out of any of you and we’re not getting a Christmas tree this year.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But anyway, when Christmas day came, Henry and Bon were gone. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the worst Christmas vacation of his life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

At one point, they passed a warm cave the size of a gymnasium filled with snake eggs, their tops covered with a layer of silver filaments like slimy Christmas tinsel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth was hunched over her sewing machine, intent on getting a new dress ready for the Christmas season, and it is yet another green gown, cheap and frail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She chose a weekend when she knew things would be calm at work; it was just after Christmas, and there was rarely much work till well after New Year’s. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was dark, but Christmas lights lined the ceiling there, too, so I could see people. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey’s smile got larger and larger, until it was as big as Christmas. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve was delightful as we sat sipping hot chocolate and wrapping gifts to place under the tree. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the friendship necklace I had given Heather in a fit of insanity around Christmas. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed, though, when he came home for Christmas, that he was reading a book called Les Misérables, and I decided that it must be the kind of a book a college student reads. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“So what are you going to ask for? For Christmas?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Roy had put the book on his Christmas list after it had settled a friendly wager between him and his father. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last Christmas he had decided that Almond Roca was his favorite candy and that he should have some on hand all year long. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I think every teacher at Knightsbridge signs a pledge to schedule an important test the week before the Christmas recess so that families that plan a winter vacation won’t take off early. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stared at our unopened Christmas gifts, wondering if we should selfishly tear through the wrapping paper or wait for my parents to come home so we could open our presents together. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We set the timer on Audrey’s camera last Christmas, and there we are. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve was not like this in Cuba. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I had an uneasy feeling we might be asked to spend the approaching Christmas with Beatrice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Best Christmas present Momma ever gave me was that picture and the story of how I got my name. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, Gilly,” Miss Ellis began, her voice glittering like a fake Christmas tree. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I tell him he’s black, he tells me I’m black, and a woman in a shop tells us get away from that door, ’tis Christmas Day and she doesn’t want to be looking at Africa. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It had been Harry’s best Christmas day ever. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I never heard from you about that Christmas present,” Rockit said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But this was Christmas morning, and even though the superintendent was one of her former pupils, Mrs. Granger decided to wait a day. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Christmas season passed, unmarked by any rejoicing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Call was not discharged as soon as he had hoped, so it was the next year, the day before Christmas 1946, that he and Caroline were married. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Dad gave me a rifle—I didn’t take it out of the box, so I have no idea what kind. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Girls giggling and whispering in the corridors, girls shrieking with laughter as boys passed them, girls excitedly comparing notes on what they were going to wear on Christmas night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I think he had expected something the size of when he had seen my castle on Late Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We are now two weeks into September and she’s already thinking Christmas. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not much fuss is made over her except at Christmas, and even then Baby Jesus is a lot more important. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was married now, to a Punjabi girl, and they lived in London still, and every year they exchanged Christmas cards with Raj and Mina, each couple tucking photos of their families into the envelopes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Every Christmas now the floor around her is carpeted with red and green wrapping paper. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t lie to me, girl. You in first grade—you ain’t got no homework—’specially at Christmas vacation. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year, that was the order of things: There was Thanksgiving, and then Christmas, and then Khalid’s birthday, and then Mardi Gras. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The reporters were almost always in tow, and Howard usually created some amusement for them to write up or photograph, including talking Smith into dipping Seabiscuit’s hoof in ink and stamping their Christmas cards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes off her coat and eases herself into the bed and tells him that next Christmas he can go out and find the dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I should make you wait until Christmas morning," he said, "but I'm sick of watching this." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They sat around for a while drinking cider and listening to a Christmas carol program. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceiling lights had been turned off, but the red chili Christmas lights that were strung all around the room gave the walls a pink glow in the dark. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She puts up a small plastic Christmas tree. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh. He heard the crowd out there, the Christmas guests, and it triggers him to answer with his version of a crowd scene.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Harry’s dreams were confused and disturbing: Nagini wove in and out of them, first through a gigantic, cracked ring, then through a wreath of Christmas roses. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When we got home, I tapped up my iPad to finish a paper I had due the next day, the last day of school before Christmas break. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put out shoes for the Wise Men to leave gifts at Christmas. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke Meg with a “Merry Christmas,” and bade her see what was under her pillow. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two years ago, only six months before the accident, my parents had come over for Christmas Eve dinner, bringing Maribel a dress from Diseño y Artesanía that my mother insisted they wanted to give her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Vega had told me that in the Dominican Republic, Three Kings’ Day was actually a bigger holiday than Christmas Day. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He had been observed singing “White Christmas” and dragging a plastic disposable cup top around his cell with a string, calling it his “car.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if,” I said, “instead of my birthday and Christmas presents, the money could go toward Fig’s treatment? Even the money from Gran. For the next three years.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The other thing about school that's different after Christmas vacation is how jealous everybody is that we got our pictures in the paper and on the local TV. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t my favorite thing to do, but it wasn’t so bad either, not since Judy and I got a record player last Christmas. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the excitement of the Christmas gifts, it was time to get breakfast ready. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Jessie retrieved her list of things to do for Christmas Eve dinner and examined it while listening to the sounds of her family awakening upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Why not center them on holidays, like birthdays, Easter, Christmas, even . . . Mother’s Day. There’s probably something every month.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He looked like a child staring at an empty Christmas tree. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need a excellent Christmas gift,” I said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I bought a ticket to Idaho for Christmas. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s Christmas, and it’s not a crime to want to come to a party. Just this once, we’II forget any punishment; you may stay, Draco.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“My mother gave me this hibiscus for Christmas,” he says, putting the potted plant in a sunny spot on his cluttered desk. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought I was going to be having Christmas dinner by myself this year.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember when we used to make forts out of cardboard boxes on Christmas?” she says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Plastic bags, shorts, and underwear hang from the boughs like tattered Christmas ornaments. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But to me, it was my birthday, Christmas, and the Fourth of July all wrapped into one. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The winter I was fifteen, the Van de Kamps invited me to go see the Christmas premiere with them at the Schouwburg, an old playhouse that Mama let me wear her pearls to visit. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Remember when Oliver was four and woke up early on Christmas and came downstairs and unwrapped every present under the tree looking for a train set?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As in all happy Christmas homes, the gifts were under the tree. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks of that same smell one night in December, just before Christmas, the night of the winter dance. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Aunt Queen believed passionately in many things, but Christmas was her supreme passion. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of my first CDs. My sister wanted it, so she gave it to me for Christmas. Do you always resort to plagiarizing song lyrics to impress a girl?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Thought so. You need a better camera. That one’s fine for a starter, or for birthday parties and Christmas. Not for you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My dad let me pick up extra shifts since it was the Christmas break. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

‘A real cool costume. A real pretty one made out of all different colors. Like a butterfly. That’s what I want for Christmas. That and a bicycle!’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Class, we are going to play a special game for Christmas!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But at last they found themselves alongside Father Christmas, who went to the greatest trouble in helping them choose their presents. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But I did know that nobody ever asked me what I wanted for Christmas. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

No Christmas morning was ever happier than that one. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Like Christmas Day, or how his body would tense wonderfully when Annie appeared in front of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Jessie opened her eyes and was relieved to find herself in her own bed, in her own room. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Pa and Mrs. tried to make a merry Christmas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“The only one not having any Christmas around here is Harry,” he had said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was near Christmas by the time all was settled: the season of general holiday approached. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“On Christmas Eve, a German sub sank a troopship in the English Channel. They say there were thousands of American soldiers on board who drowned.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to open my presents, but Mom insisted that we celebrate Christmas in the Catholic fashion, getting to the gifts only after we’d attended midnight mass. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He will come home for Christmas and hopes Theo will, too. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He found them playing with the old glove Grayson had given him for Christmas. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of a tree at night flail of glowing Clabbert pustules, while decorative, attracted too many Muggles wishing to ask why their neighbours still had their Christmas lights up in June. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we get tomatoes, it will probably be Christmas. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And it’s best if you know a good thing is going to happen, like an eclipse or getting a microscope for Christmas. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I said “Muhammad Ali Clay—” All of the Muslims listening lighted up like a Christmas tree. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad lost his job at the gypsum mine after getting in an argument with the foreman, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money at all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I open the box, I see broken shards of my Christmas ornament, along with burned scraps of what must be my father’s painting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I feel, sir, that under the circumstances, we should cancel Christmas.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On weekends I stay with him sometimes, and some holidays. I was there for Christmas. He gave me that Polaroid camera.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They walked to the church, past the great houses that rested in the shadow of the Lawn, singing fragments of Christmas carols in the atonal Meecham voices, and laughing at every joke anyone made. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next issue Arthur reminded island businesses to extinguish display lights promptly at dusk; it was Christmas and the temptation was to leave them on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was wearing faded jeans and a thin orange hoodie that made him stick out like that one dead bulb in a string of lit Christmas lights. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

On the morning of the first day after Christmas break, loud banging on our front door wakes me up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe we had Christmas dinner around our family table. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She got braces over Christmas break, and he actually thinks they make her look cuter. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We heard little from my mother for six months, and just like the year before, she did not acknowledge my Christmas gifts until late in January. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When he thought of how his sisters always sang “O Holy Night” on Christmas Eve, he teared up. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It snowed a little on the second-to-last day before Christmas vacation. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In this moment, all I want is for things to feel like Christmas again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Every inch of that mile is filled with Christmas lights hanging from trees, mailboxes, and houses. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He remembers once going to a Christmas party at her parents’ home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, “after Christmas we’ll put it on the fire escape and see that it gets sun and water and, once a month, horse manure.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get inside and Marie starts counting cash, she asks us both, “You coming to the Christmas party?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I found a photo of you playing with the train set we bought for you a couple of Christmas’s ago. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a little saved. I used to skim from what Henry gave me for groceries, but then there was Christmas. There’s maybe eight dollars left.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve at her house was a very exciting thing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early in January, when we had all just returned from the Christmas holidays, a recruiter from the United States ski troops showed a film to the senior class in the Renaissance Room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the syrupy golden rings sat in their exotic cans on our shelves year round, we only tasted them during Christmas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she shouldn’t have accepted these boots for Christmas. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

If I hear “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” one more time, I’m gonna do a Christmas barf. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It could have snowed on Christmas, the day he got his new sled. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

His work done, Mudd returned, just before Christmas 1864, to his farm and waited for further word from Booth about the kidnapping. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” but the whistles were too stiff and Bando too tired. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we know when it is Carnival, when it is Christmas. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared, but I remembered Mr. Clutter, and how he’d never done me no harm, how at Christmas he’d give me a little purse with fifty dollars in it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first Saturday in December, the day that Margaret asked me to go to the mall with her so that we could buy Christmas presents for the family. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty minutes later we were on the Jefferson road, and it could of been Christmas, we were so excited. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Oliver—not a huge believer in the twins’ cooking abilities—suggested that Jessie and Isa have immunity on Christmas Eve, or perhaps that they trade for a different, less important day. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

You can buy miniature Christmas cards that say “Flowers from the Holy Land” and include a flattened burst of wildflowers. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the period, he went back to his office and left two guys—me and Alfred Hartnett, hilarious—to roll up the mats for Christmas vacation. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This is Christmas spirit in its purest form. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, you are most likely to be murdered by a member of your own family on Christmas Day. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even better than that was the Christmas season. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered Freddie sitting in Sonny’s Shop just before Christmas, saying, “None of my people would take me in.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

L. Einstein & Co. sold costume jewelry, and I worked there through the Christmas holidays and into the spring. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She said her gran had brought her here for the Christmas tree lighting once. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Besides vacation and presents and everything, it was as if she had three Christmas trees because she helped with three—their own, the school tree, and the Chrises’ tree. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I came by today to surprise her. I was going to cut down that mimosa tree she hates so much, then take her into town for lunch. Pick out some jewelry for her Christmas present.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

For me, it was this stuffed prairie dog that I got one Christmas when I was like three. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

People ate chicken only on holidays like Christmas or New Year’s. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Some tapes had them singing Christmas carols, singing Michael Jackson, singing the teapot song. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Turned over a new leaf, Preacher Kane turned over a new leaf so there's no booze for anybody on Christmas Eve, even in our own house where a man is his castle." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She came back with you for Christmas a few years ago. Dark and plump?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Christmas is almost here,” Baba informs us with a wry smile as he drives. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Just before Christmas the snows and winds of the llano locked the land in an icy grip. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This leads to people throwing themselves in front of trains and spending all their money and not speaking to their relatives and never going home for Christmas and never eating anything with chocolate in it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There would be a decorated Christmas tree on the stage, a Christmas play, carol singing and a gift for each child. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Christmas and New Year’s, she kept the gate open so that anyone could come in and have a meal of rice, meat, and beans. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I love Christmas—the tree with its ornaments, visiting relatives with their houses decorated for the holiday, and carols on the radio, which Mom sings along to as long as Dad’s not in the car. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Dobby is only wanting to wish Harry Potter ‘Merry Christmas’ and bring him a present, sir! Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He smiles and presses a button on the inside of the sleeve, and “O Christmas Tree” plays from a speaker near his armpit. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing left in this particular drawer is a red velvet box with a Christmas ornament inside. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“He’s really going to make us move right after Christmas?” asked Isa. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Early Christmas present for you, Harry,” he said. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I have made excuses not to go east for Christmas. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline grew up picnicking by the Shaker lakes in the summer, skating on city-flooded rinks in the winter, caroling at Christmas. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had begun with Christmas and the gift of dolls. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I celebrated my fourth Christmas with the Courters, I enjoyed hanging the familiar decorations. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But once in a while he'd go over and visit some of his old homeboys who were home for Thanksgiving break or Christmas vacation. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The rest of Harry’s Christmas presents were far more satisfactory. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But I had seen movies about Christmas, and this white fluffy stuff was in those movies. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Jesus Christ,” his soul agonized, “why don’t I just give ’em the tree, say Merry Christmas and let ’em go. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no surprise when the Christmas deadline came and she begged for more time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Shadow thought the picture might have been taken at an embassy Christmas party, as he had been dressed in a bowtie and his best clothes, as one might dress a doll. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Harlem’s main street was laid out tonight with bright lights, and Christmas tunes played constant on loudspeakers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Our letters were like a yearlong conver-sation, answering questions back and forth, continuing face-to- face at Christmas or between summer school sessions. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ever since he had expelled the children from the house, José Arcadio was really waiting for news of an ocean liner that would leave for Naples before Christmas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even pull off the simplest stuff in the “Magic Tricks for Beginners” playset I got for Christmas that one time. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, Reggie came home again for the Christmas break. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s a pretty nice fella. Gets pretty mad sometimes, but he’s pretty nice. Tell ya what—know what he done Christmas? Brang a gallon of whisky right in here and says, ‘Drink hearty, boys. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hester said, “You never can tell what goes on in their heads. My Sophie now, one day I asked her, ‘Sophie,’ I said, ‘what day does Christmas come on this year?’ Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

For months, though, the excitement built around Christmas. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Seems eighteen-year-old Cory stole from the cousin who took him in, thus ruining Christmas for the cousin’s girlfriend and her child. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Christmas, Mrs. Levy always compiled not a gift list but rather a list of the injustices and brutalities she had suffered since August. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to myself I said, No telling about finding a brand-new Pa who whistled Temptations songs and smelled like a Christmas tree. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ma always liked having cheese danish on Christmas morning. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And for the first time ever, my parents decided to skip the eggnog and the Christmas tunes in the living room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes and summon the fond smells of childhood, do I smell gingerbread baking or the pine-fresh scent of Christmas trees? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The mouse was supposed to create pandemonium at a Christmas party on stage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I am leaving now. I want to see if I can buy a few Christmas things for my children at Oye Abagana.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our Father probably interpreted Broca’s aphasia as God’s Christmas bonus to one of His worthier employees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think Christmas break makes us long for summer even more. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His face was that of a kid on Christmas Eve who can’t wait till midnight to open his presents. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

This morning, I woke up early and ran into my parents’ room, shaking them awake just like I do every Christmas. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

El makes me try on everything from my eighth-grade graduation dress to this formless, chiffon floral tunic my mom bought me last Christmas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I saw that the things inside were tied up with purple and green curly ribbon, like Christmas presents. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Which was preferable, a live Christmas tree or an artificial one? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not about only Christmas, but about whether you can come home for good. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Looks like Victoria Station on Christmas Eve, sir.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The book reminds me of the dictionary he gave me for Christmas, except when I open it, all the pages are blank. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The place she lives in isn’t very nice and Daddy would rather not spend his Christmas in that kind of a neighborhood.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the day before Christmas fighting a holly bush with a pair of scissors. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sending you a picture of me standing next to our Christmas tree. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

At Christmas, someone gave her an expensive bottle of blended essential oils. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But what a happy Christmas it had been! Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were paper sacks of groceries and clothing, all marked with a red Christmas card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And instead of making me feel better, Ruth’s perfect imitation of a Post Family Christmas had just made me feel worse. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t move,” I said, hanging up, and who do you call when it’s after hours and Christmas on the horizon? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The operation, he told Julia, would take place on Christmas Eve. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’d probably be like her face on Christmas morning, or on Mother’s Day when Finn made her two cards. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was all teary-soundin’ and she said she just wanted to wish me a Merry Christmas. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the shopping malls around Washington, Christmas lights had been hung. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on top of that, my dad announced the next night, no Christmas presents this year, either. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

During the winter months at that time, the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany always took up residence in Pisa, from Christmas to Easter. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I would have walked down to their house, because I didn't want to spend any of Phoebe's Christmas dough that I didn't have to, but I felt funny when I got outside. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel sorry for himself at all; this would probably be the best Christmas he’d ever had. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He would buy her something for Christmas, of course, something nice to remember him by, but nothing that would give her any ideas about marriage. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it isn’t chocolates, it’s Christmas cards. If it isn’t Christmas cards, it’s soap. If it isn’t soap, it’s calendars. But you know what?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I remember him telling us that we’d go to the museum over Christmas break. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Full to bursting with Christmas dinner and still wearing their party hats, Harry and Ron got up first from the table and she shrieked loudly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every week I waited for Sunday to roll around the way most kids wait for Christmas. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In just a little while the merry sound of the bells was gone, and Christmas was over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was still more splendid, it was like a birthday or Christmas Day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Christmas, I put notes in lots of cards inviting people to come with me on the trail, if only part of the way. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

With this accomplished, another round of model building could start and, given luck, it might occur by Christmas. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Beth nestled up to her, and whispered softly, “I wish I could send my bunch to Father. I’m afraid he isn’t having such a merry Christmas as we are.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was better even than their Christmas candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think Grandma Caye somehow knew that it would be her last Christmas at home in Belize with my grandpa. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I celebrated my birthday with my dad every year, and we spent Christmas with him as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As we struggled along, I heard sleigh bells jingling like Christmas. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since Christmas vacation, Miss Riley had stopped standing during class, teaching instead from her chair behind her desk and asking one of us boys to come up and perform her experiments. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, my parents had Christmas tapes playing when we came downstairs. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Joseph and Brian Boss and Nick Porter and Jay Perkins all got four days of suspension for fighting—the last four days before Christmas vacation. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nothing hurts more than celebrating your mother’s birthday on Christmas Eve when she’s not around. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The topic for today’s speech is”—she writes on the board—“‘What I Did Over Christmas Vacation.’ Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver’s actually Simon, the boyfriend, earning some double time on Christmas Day. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“The day before Christmas, too,” the first woman went on, shaking her head. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Christmas tree stood in the corner, its tin star brushing the ceiling. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve Every time I look at Papa’s place at the table my eyes fill with tears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They slashed through the statue’s knees, felling her like an alabaster Christmas tree. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The problem lies in getting yourself out of Christmas, because when you come out of it, you have to redefine the lines between reality and imagination. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But Christmas Eve was like any other day during the holiday season. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was just before Christmas, and they would be having parties together. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Mama Lessie was alive, my family would hop in the car on Christmas mornings and drive one hour south to Clanton, where we would celebrate the holidays with my grandparents. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally some two or three days after Christmas, he arrived with just the shadow of his old dip-down walk. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby walked closer, and then she could see it was not wire after all, but a length of silver-colored string, probably left over from a Christmas package. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

My siblings and I each got a uniform every Christmas and had to make it last the entire school year. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Three days before Christmas and only ten days left in the whole year. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are dismissed. Have a happy and holy Christmas.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Evening, Mizz Simmons! And a merry Christmas to you too! The folk who brought me here came up the Mississippi a long time back.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I remember last year when Adam came over for Christmas Eve. I told your father that you’d fallen in love too soon.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Christmas, Mrs. Finley gave me paperback copies of both the comedies and tragedies of Shakespeare. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the moment all I hoped was that the Communists wouldn’t spoil Christmas. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess nobody was surprised during dinner when he brought up a certain Christmas years ago. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She looks like one of those white kids in Christmas movies who wake up to a tree packed with presents underneath—like the whole world was just handed to her on a gold-rimmed plate. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

In some ways, Nowruz is the Persian version of Christmas: You spend it with your whole family, and you eat mountains and mountains of food, and nearly everyone takes the day off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They would spend the twenty-second celebrating Christmas, and start for Paulet Island on December 23. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Knowing I might not have a job after Christmas gnaws at my stomach. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve, along with the rest of the de la Torre children, I was taken to the National Cathedral for the nativity pageant where the new creche was to be unveiled. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We have sheep’s head, cabbage, floury white potatoes, and a bottle of cider because it’s Christmas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I remember his Christmas joy at Mary’s kiss with the Doorman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“All right, you get back to your nap. Just wanted to say Merry Christmas...All right, now. Talk to you later.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Is it not Christmas that we are celebrating, eh? The children have never really spent time with one another. Imakwa, my little one, Chima, does not even know Kambili s name.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another thing I get for Christmas is a red plastic purse, oval in shape, with a gold-colored clasp and a handle at the top end. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many cars horned and overtook us; some were so full of Christmas yams and bags of rice and crates of soft drinks that their boots almost grazed the road. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the top, we stand—wheezing like Mr. Black—beside the Christmas tree, which sits planted all year. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At midnight on Christmas Eve they stood with their parents in the long line at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The week of Christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates— again, a 15 percent increase in theft, an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was entertaining to look at them, and some of them we even tried out; for a while the floor looked like Christmas morning. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They all wore ski jackets, the kind which, in my day, mothers put on layaway in September, then piled up overtime hours so as to have the thing wrapped and ready for Christmas. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary might eat one piece each, but the rest was saved for Christmas Day. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the Christmas toys and decorations were out. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Orange and cloves. We make one every Christmas.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Three days before the start of Christmas break, he just has a feeling as he walks to the main office after lunch to check his mailbox. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The flat is crowded with friends and family and feels as festive as Christmas. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you what we’ll do,” said Beth, “let’s each get her something for Christmas, and not get anything for ourselves.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Months later, two weeks of Christmas vacation: The first hours home were the hardest. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad, knowing that all the bars and liquor stores would be closed on Christmas, had stocked up in advance. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

All that's on is Christmas stuff and cartoons and what he wants is the news, to see if we're on it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you can keep this back there somewhere, or eat it really quick. Just think of it as an extra Christmas present. It’s a Sch...Schwarzw...” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

No one bothered to tell me to move my party to another date, and worse yet, they were having the biggest Christmas party of the season without inviting me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Connor, suppose for this Christmas I give you something very beautiful—say, a beautiful ivory carving.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I’d known that last Christmas would be our last in the house. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She found her in the kitchen sewing sequins on a Christmas stocking made of felt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, just before Christmas, snow began falling. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She devoted herself to the kitchen after that, preparing meals that she spooned into plastic containers and the tins usually reserved for Christmas cookies. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My hope for getting a ball of my own that Christmas faded—but only for a second. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what you can give me for Christmas,” I told my mother. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hovers over me and extends his hand for me to sing “The Christmas Song” along with him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe they would think she was just someone out of a Christmas play; but not if she had her heart on the outside like that, stuck full of swords. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Twice a year, at Christmas and in the summer, we went back to Norway to visit my grandmother. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself back from Christmas at Manderley to the realities of the wagon-lit. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Poor thing probably hasn’t had a treat since Christmas.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Grace’s helpfulness secured her position: on Christmas Day that year—1922—Leon dressed in top hat and riding breeches, walked through the snow to the bungalow with a green envelope from his father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Years ago, her grandfather had taken her to see a masque in Bridgetown, in which a troupe of players from England had acted out the ancient Christmas story. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

After she visited for Christmas, Mr. Taft admitted he’d never heard of her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Celia’s supposed to tell him on Christmas Eve, after I leave, before they go over to Mister Johnny’s mama’s house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he wraps up some sausages and tells her, Take these sausages for your breakfast on Christmas Day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The days were getting shorter, the nights were perceptibly cooler, the year was turning toward the Christmas season and the long holiday which the entire countryside would celebrate— both the masters and the slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other day, for example, they went through a box of Christmas ornaments from the 1930s that Vivian had forgotten she kept. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Each of the hundreds of shiny baubles that hung on the tall Christmas tree caught the flickering light of the fire and reflected it in miniature, until the tree itself seemed to shimmer and glow. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

All the way home, we sang Christmas spirituals like “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and “Silent Night.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He handed her a small, oddly shaped package, wrapped in leftover Christmas paper. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They depart Christmas Day, driving with their massive collection of luggage to Logan when they should be home opening gifts. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted the feeling of Christmas before integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't know. She hasn't been home in about three years, but she sent an e-mail to her folks last Christmas, and I got her e-mail address, and then I looked up her address and phone." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others Harold pays for, with the understanding that it’s a birthday or Christmas present, or an anniversary gift. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little ones were told to write short word stories or poems about Christmas. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Holidays were always bad—my mom in particular got homesick sometimes like it was a genuine illness—but that Christmas was the worst. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The fun and success of Christmas had me thinking a lot about Stagecoach Pass. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Later he arrived at my tree for Christmas dinner. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She decorated the door with old Christmas things, glass balls, and tinsel, and she made a placard that said “Welcome Tom, our Hero.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A plastic, doesn’t-smell-like-anything Christmas tree without a single decoration on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The one right next to me had one of those straw baskets that you see nuns and Salvation Army babes collecting dough with around Christmas time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas, Dad,” I say, and I make sure to keep my eyes out of the fire. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mam says it’s hard enough keeping a fire going to cook the Christmas dinner but if I’m going to Christmas dinner at the hospital I’ll have to wash myself from top to bottom. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The new grove was glistening like an angel on a Christmas tree, lit from within by the light of a diesel generator. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ah, but in the schoolroom, at Christmas and graduation, when the mothers of other children came to the parties—then was the silent cry and the wordless longing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we were little, Dad bought us some Japanese anime DVDs for Christmas. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now that the Christmas holiday is passed, life seems on a more serious course. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“They were all out of Santas and Christmas trees,” I answer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We just returned from Christmas vacation, and I just got a call congratulating the Freedom Writers for winning the Spirit of Anne Frank Award. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We don’t talk much after what happened the first Christmas we spent in apartment 404. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after the show, Mrs. Rappaport announced another project—a class election for someone to represent the sixth grade at the Christmas Assembly. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was daybreak of Christmas morning when he found them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here. Merry early Christmas, happy late birthday, happy Halloween, happy whatever.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I told you on the phone that I’d come for Christmas and see for myself how the kid was doing. . . .” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“At three years old, the only item on Rae’s Christmas list was a dictionary.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Grandma had already begun shopping, hiding gifts, and testing the Christmas lights so she could replace bumt-out bulbs. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, It’s Christmas time 1997, and I’m really excited about getting together with my dad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Religions bring the sacred into our lives with Gothic churches, Muslim mosques, Hindu ashrams, Torah scrolls, Tibetan prayer wheels, priestly cassocks, candles, incense, Christmas trees, matzah balls, tombstones and icons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search online for hunting gear to add to my Christmas wish list—still not gripping my attention. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And so much unhappiness comes because of that love and Merry Christmas to you, Your sister, Nettie Dear Nettie, I don’t write to God no more. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says everything will be different, he’s a new man, he hopes we’re good boys, obeying our mother, attending to our religious duties, and he’s bringing us all something for Christmas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Just before Christmas, the umpteenth local reporter from the umpteenth little paper eyed the bandages and asked Smith for the umpteenth time what they were for. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was my belated Christmas gift to Nana, and one that she wouldn’t need to remember to appreciate. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ruth held on through the holidays, but when we were taking down the Christmas tree, she told me that she’d been thinking that the First Presbyterian just wasn’t quite right for us anymore. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I set the table with the “good” china that my mother saved for Sundays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and birthdays. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She comes back with a Sharpie and a postcard mailer for a Christmas tree lot. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her braided hair was piled into a net that tapered to a golf-ball-like lump at the end, like a Father Christmas hat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I learned my father used it to get the money for the photographer when the man he borrowed it from came to collect his debt the day before Christmas. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Just before Christmas vacation ended, Francie told Mama that she wasn’t going back to school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the general mood in our house had lifted, I was still grounded, which meant that I hadn’t seen Maribel since Christmas. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s how I should have ended my story—if I could have explained it—with your gift to me. That would have been the Christmas part. That’s what makes it a Christmas story.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I left it on your desk before we got out for Christmas break.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

So there are instruction manuals in there for everything from the garbage disposal to the new ink-jet printer to the bike I got for Christmas when I was seven. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would see them once every three weeks for two and a half days, and all day Christmas and all day Easter. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a really good feeling about this Christmas,” Mom announced in early December. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I made everyone in the club Christmas cards and attached a Greek drachma from the 1800s to each one, unsure if they’d think it was stupid. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Aunt Cilla sent Christmas cards year after year, with pictures of Baby Jesus on them and long notes inside, on paper so thin it could have been tissue paper. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas Day and ye don’t have a fire for yeer pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was Monday and all, and pretty near Christmas, and all the stores were open. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And I shall never forget that Danny gave me the book for my very own that Christmas. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we are on a budget, Mami gives Monsito a big tip for his family to buy food for Christmas. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The Christmas play was short one shepherd girl. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“This is a very special Christmas, mijo,” Mamá said excitedly, clasping her hands. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She only sends Christmas cards, which generally get here just in the nick of time for Easter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrived at Abba every Christmas, Papa would stop by Grandfather’s house at our ikwu nne, Mother’s maiden home, before we even drove to our own compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The church put together baskets of food at Thanksgiving and Christmas for these families. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s tradition,” Papa had insisted when the kids suggested they go to the Christmas tree stand around the corner rather than walking to the Bronx. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I had thought so much about Lee that by Christmas Eve I felt I knew her. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Queen used to say that Christmas snow was magic snow,” Gerald told her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sponsored social dances, Christmas parties, and Fourth of July picnics for thousands. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By late evening, as we sat in front of the fire, singing Christmas carols, I realized maybe I had my wish. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had already spotted Christmas trees twinkling from several sitting room windows before there came an evening when Harry resolved to suggest, again, what seemed to him the only unexplored avenue left to them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, they don’t sit around reading stargazer books and eating Christmas cookies. They fly someplace exotic. On their parents’ private jet. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s my birthday,” he puzzled, “and Christmas must be months away, and I haven’t been outstandingly good, or even good at all.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were none, and there was no point to it, but it was either this or sit in my room and read my Christmas present. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Not even Christmas and we have presents. I wonder what it can be!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The weather had finally turned cooler, though it still didn’t feel like Christmas. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Their Dad built a fire in the front room and then let them go in to the Christmas tree and see what they got. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He and Elena tried to escape the country with $1 billion, but they were captured, given a crude trial, and, on Christmas Day, executed by firing squad. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She was waging yet another battle with school officials to get permission to appear with the choral group in the Christmas program. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to reach for my sketchbook, but instead slid out the tablet Daddy Rachpaul had bought me for Late Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“What about Gran? She always gives me birthday and Christmas money. Maybe she can give it to me early.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Edward followed, pushing past to get to the Christmas tree. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people, he noticed, had taken their Christmas trees down, others still had them up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thanked Los Santitos and gave us a certificate of appreciation for “rendering eminent and memorable service to the Santa Maria community by helping the Salvation Army to give a happy Christmas.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The arrow alone must have weighed as much as her backpack on a Monday before Christmas break. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Between bites Daddy handed Ma a fat envelope and wished her a merry Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Altogether, about three thousand Black Muslims from their mosques in most sizable cities were in Chicago for their annual “Saviour’s Day” convention, regarded by them as similar to the holiday of Christmas. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this year Christmas was not the central day to Jody. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes offered Julia a cheerful “Merry Christmas” and gave her a hug, then took her hand and led her to a room on the second floor that he had readied for the operation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As a young boy in Ohio, Carl had been thrilled on Christmas mornings to receive a single orange as a gift from Santa. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

Every year at Christmas, Mr. Washington always made sure that Angel and Gerald had something special under their tree. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have a Christmas dinner next day because of the food voucher Mam got from the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I expected it to be awkward, like our visit at Christmas, or tense, like over spring break when I had to watch every word. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the women were bare-legged, and peeking beneath the bottom of their old woolen coats were pastel-colored nighties, standard Christmas gifts from miners to their wives during good times. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s Christmas Eve. Jesse’s parents dragged him to Providence every year for Christmas. They won’t be home. I know where they keep a spare key, and I know the alarm code.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“When I was a little girl, I used to insist on sleeping under the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve! I wanted to catch Father Christmas in the act. Wasn’t that ever so naughty of me?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I noticed the Christmas flower you got for your mother is still sitting in the greenhouse.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Waiting for Christmas that year felt like waiting to walk off the edge of a cliff. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve, Dad took each of us kids out into the desert night one by one. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Benton Sage died when he leapt from a bell tower on Christmas Day. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Since the holidays were coming, I added: Have a wonderful and peaceful Christmas holiday and a prosperous new year. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

On the Christmas Eve when Francie was ten and Neeley nine, Mama consented to let them go down and have their first try for a tree. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Chester, my beloved, each day it didn’t happen was Christmas, it didn’t matter what the month.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

By Christmas of 1941 all of those places had fallen to the Empire of the Rising Sun. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened my Christmas gift to him and loved it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

"It starts out when I'm dying. This ghost comes in on Christmas Eve and asks me if I'm ashamed and everything. You know. For betraying my country and everything. Are you coming to it?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you aware that each year forty-five million turkeys are killed for Thanksgiving? Not to mention the twenty-two million at Christmas.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The “something” that had come up was Christmas. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

At least he was until just before Christmas. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the bell rang and everybody ran out shouting, “Merry Christmas!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be a white Christmas,” said Shadow as he pumped the gas. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I guess my face had seemed dejected, because after Yvonne took one look at me, she went, “Well, merry friggin’ Christmas to you too!” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But at Levy’s Lodge it was like Christmas all over again, and what was going on in Levy’s Lodge could have been postponed until he left for the practice camps, Mr. Levy thought. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother always cooked turkey and dressing for Christmas dinner. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But when McNeil returned to Greensboro after spending Christmas with relatives in Wilmington, North Carolina, the waiter at the lunch counter in the bus station had refused to serve him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘I think there’s a Christmas bonus every year.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, Christmas. But then to stay. I mean, you'd come back here, of course, but you could go back to my house for breaks. It could be your house, too." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He even got a Christmas card every year from a peanut vendor who worked the parking lot across from Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If they were so smart, they wouldn't be working on Christmas day, would they?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were candids and professional portraits from over the years, from Maya and Lauren as babies up until what looked like the most recent shot, taken last Christmas. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They shone out from the weeds like bulbs on a Christmas tree. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover brought his pipes to his lips, played a quick jig, and their spears turned into Christmas trees. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They all tore into Christmas dinner like it was their last meal, which it practically was, at least for a while. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Ashima looks forward to Christmas, the four of them being together. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Naomi of the woods, the Naomi on the twins’ wooden Christmas ball, Wash’s Naomi, she would stay in the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The big family Christmas dinner was different that year. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ever since Yvonne had given me all those Legos for Christmas, I had been building. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I just let him blab away, but given the research I'd done over the Christmas holidays I already knew where he was coming from. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We walk past the Christmas tree and I spread out the blanket. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But seriously: Who gives someone a vacuum cleaner for Christmas?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“My debut as hostess of Ashton Place? Our first Christmas as husband and wife?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The first hint of it was Mr. Morton going around the schools teaching Christmas carols, but the first sure sign was the store windows. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I laughed bitterly at the white kids in ragged jeans who frolicked on the campus lawn tossing Frisbees and went about campus caroling in German at Christmas. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and I didn’t go to church every Sunday, but we used to go to mass outside of Easter and Christmas. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Christmas lights twinkled in the windows of the stores they passed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then, the day before our Christmas party, she found out from one of the other moms that Auggie had not been through the same kind of admissions screening that the rest of us had been. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was worried that he’d have to work over Christmas—or worse, that he’d be spending it with his girlfriend instead of with us. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What—what sort of engagement could you possibly have on Christmas Day?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Benny thrust a bag overflowing with various sweet breads and Christmas cookies at Isa. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Since the first year he began to practice he had given an annual party on Christmas Day, and now all was in readiness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The whole way home, Suesetta and I talk about what we want for Christmas and what we’re going to buy as gifts for our family and friends. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it felt like I only got happy this way around Christmas. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was a little Christmas card with a sloppy note—obviously the work of a fifth-grade boy. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas!” he said happily, raising his tankard. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There were twelve days of Christmas, although we only celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Exactly! Merry Christmas, honey! And a very happy New Year—for both of us!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Heather gives me my Christmas present early—bell earrings that chime when I turn my head. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I loved Christmas with my dad because my dad celebrated European Christmas. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A winter during which Tessie’s worries about her children immobilized her, so that she failed to return Christmas presents that didn’t fit, and merely put them in the closet, without getting a refund. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ma was busy all day long, cooking good things for Christmas. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad walked in then, fresh from buying our Christmas tree. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He says, “My dad’s putting up our Christmas lights soon—you have to come and have a look one day I love those lights. . ..” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t have been my grandmother, anyway, because she was in California this Christmas with her boyfriend, Uncle Gene. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was going to ask Mom and Dad about your Christmas plans the other night, but when I knocked on their door, I heard Mom crying. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had been so busy with school and Christmas coming and all that he hadn’t been thinking about Harry lately at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

His mom asked how her Christmas was, and Eleanor said it was nice. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Aside from my dayee Mehrdad, who had an American wife, we were the only other family among my relatives who bothered to celebrate Christmas. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pa had made this bracket for a Christmas present for Ma. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m writing it in the journal with the clouds on the cover that Mom gave me for Christmas. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Julian, who everyone knows is rich, was like, “I hate that I have to go back to Paris this Christmas. It’s so boring!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

That Christmas I think he had been feeling rotten about having told me to not hang around him no more. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I picked up a CD that Phil had given to me for Christmas. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Some do during Christmas, but many don’t. My father hasn’t been back in seven years.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at my calendar pole one day, and realized that it was almost Christmas. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he added, “Don’t come back after Christmas break.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She hasn’t visited me here since Christmas, but she promised she’d fly home in May to see me for my birthday. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas vacation wasn’t really a vacation, on account of how it was our last chance to study for exams, which started the day after we got back. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Before Christmas, we continued our preparations as if every action, every minor addition to our stores might make the difference between surviving, and not; after Christmas, we waited. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A few days before Christmas the man from whom his grandfather rented the farm “turned us off the place,” the boy continued. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who hadn’t come since the Christmas before last. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The book he gave me at Christmas had really started all this. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It looked as though it wouldn’t be such a good Christmas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the same guy had a brother who would give me a job selling Christmas trees until I could find a steady job after the holiday. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I ended up spending the rest of my Christmas vacation in retreat, doing research. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Each year my parents would go across town to Household Finance and borrow money for Christmas. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Christmas Day came, my foster mom’s other family members gathered and there were another 50 people in the house. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, I watched some television with my sister, but she didn’t want to watch the Christmas specials that were on, so I decided to go upstairs and read. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The PTA began a paper drive and took a special interest in Christmas wrappings. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched out on a bed of Merry Christmas 1982. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Gloom hung heavy over the dinner table as the kids sat themselves down for their final Christmas Eve dinner in the brownstone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a good chance I might not have a job come Christmas Day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She and Wynn came at Christmas and stayed a few hours. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“No, we discussed it before Christmas. You said, 'Next year maybe.' Like the year before, and the year before. Besides, you said yourself how nice Brian's rockery looks.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Christmas came and went without notice, except that with no work and everything closed there was no place to go to get warm except, for a few hours, to church. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Annabelle gave him that subscription when it was on his Christmas list last year. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I pushed my bladder aside and went straight for the Christmas cactus on a metal shelf with a dozen other plants. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was nothing left to sell, no more childhood friends or Christmas presents. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Being,” said Mama, “that we lost Christmas this year, let’s skip the part we’re supposed to read and go to the birth of the Baby Jesus. We’ll take turns reading. You start, Francie.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in the rest of the castle, the usual magnificent Christmas decorations had been put up, despite the fact that hardly any of the students remained to enjoy them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Like, you rake in the Hanukkah presents and then switch back on Christmas Eve.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“That was a concert party they had in the sergeants’ mess last Christmas.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And where the deuce ha’ you been?” was Mrs. Joe’s Christmas salutation, when I and my conscience showed ourselves. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the model of a brain he got for Christmas a couple of years ago. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think the tree is pretty? Really, is there anything as pretty as a Christmas tree? I think it is the prettiest, prettiest thing in the world!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Little was I aware that that first bleak Christmas was a portent for many similar ones to come. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent a large part of Christmas Eve day making sure that everyone was well scrubbed—no small undertaking, as it meant heating a huge amount of water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In 1917, just before Christmas, she was invited to take part in a gala concert at the Georgia State Industrial College, a black college in Savannah. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

We had heard this every Christmas for the past few years, ever since we had started to visit Papa-Nnukwu. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

My parents were about to exchange their brief Christmas kiss, the only time they bussed in front of us, when Mother remembered the presence of the minister and ducked her head in embarrassment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In Congo, we celebrated major holidays, such as Christmas and Easter, not birthdays. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I know his parents make him watch it every Christmas, and he hates it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I went to the closet and then came back with a mink jacket that Rich had given me for Christmas. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So instead of the peaceful, happy, safe Christmas vacation I had dreamed of for months, I was embroiled in integration meetings and worry. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Gregor thought about them with scrupulous consideration and intended to explain the matter ceremoniously on Christmas Eve. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them launched into small talk about the crowd and Christmas and the weather and school—and their words felt like tiny droplets of rain, like the drizzle that says, Watch out. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The rest of the year she had no patience with it—but Christmas snow was magic snow, she always said. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s the reason I like puzzles and mysteries so much. Crossword puzzles, riddle books, strategy games—you name it, she bought it. Every birthday. Every Christmas.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Here you go,” he said, and tossed me a gift wrapped in snowflake Christmas paper. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t really allow Mary at our church except at Christmas.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It glistened like a Christmas ornament under the fluorescent lighting spilling out from the café. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Christmas came and I was once more called to the post office for temporary work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had talked about Christmas and presents until the subject was exhausted and then they began to talk about the keys and the Professor and what he’d said the evening before. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Christmas Eve, and they celebrated by reading parts of the Bible, from the Book of Genesis. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also knew they didn't like her, but only because Evan had finally explained it to her over Christmas vacation. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

People drank Coca-Colas like ambrosia and ate candy bars like Christmas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, / make one every Christmas. Now straighten the shoes in the corner.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was like acting in a Christmas play where the setting was a street corner and the time, a frosty Christmas Eve and the characters, a kind cop, her brother and herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about Christmas and felt sad, recalling living in tent labor camps in Corcoran during that holiday and seeing families struggling to make ends meet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

As Christmas loomed on the horizon, our paltry time together shrank even further. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I felt a slight sadness at the thought of not seeing my friends for two months, the length of the Christmas holidays. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that the children and I spend Christmas day with their Papa-Nnukwu.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the front room were two sofas, an upright piano, and a tiny artificial Christmas tree which had been there, decorated and dustladen, for two years. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real, live, bought-from-the-VFW-booth Christmas tree was a concession of Ruth’s. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

As Christmas drew closer, the more anxious and excited I became. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nor could I see Cecile standing outside Mean Lady Ming’s phone booth at five o’clock in the morning Oakland time to wish us a merry Christmas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Here it was, almost Easter, and so much had happened since Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I am proud of it—especially the oven—and of myself; it is like getting a Christmas present. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I guess I expected everyone to look happy on Christmas, but I could tell by the way she walked with her head down that she wasn’t happy. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know how many Christmas Eves I've been deprived of my own blood kin? Now is that fair, to do that to a man? Lock him up for a crime he never did?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And thinking of that, I added one more prayer — sweet Jesus, come Christmas, don’t let it be twins. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Terryl said she wanted to take the children there for Christmas, to work at the orphanage, to teach them to give back. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Old Rit had probably killed her pig, and was cooking it for the Christmas dinner. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a Christmas tree we had a palm frond stuck in a bucket of rocks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have time to organize a party around Thanksgiving,” he said, “but you could for Christmas.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A thin coat of ice crusted the puddles in the streets, and it was said on the day after Christmas that only ten miles to the north there was a light fall of snow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The point of overlap was on that Christmas Day of 1989, when Nicolae Ceaujescu learned the hard way—with a bullet to the head—that his abortion ban had much deeper implications than he knew. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve, the three of us took a bus to the Wilmington train station to meet Enrique, who was coming home for a few days for the holidays. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Each year we gave away toys and clothing so that those less fortunate could enjoy Christmas as well. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Christmas spirit—generosity, forgiveness, goodwill toward men—ran pretty much counter to what we were supposed to be doing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking about my mom made me sad, because it didn’t seem likely I’d be home for Christmas. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron had barely finished their third helpings of Christmas pudding when Hermione ushered them out of the hall to finalize their plans for the evening. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

No more feasts outside of Christmas and Easter, he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

With the Christmas money from peddling, his father had bought what toys he could for the boy and his little brother and sisters. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule West Williams spent December 24 on a nineteen-hour bus ride and fell asleep early Christmas morning in a Portland, Oregon, airport hotel. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lupita sent her mother twenty dollars the day after Christmas, writing that half came from herself, half from Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was 34.6 miles away, way the hell out Colonial Drive almost to the town of Christmas, Florida. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

For the remainder of the Christmas break, I read and reread von Braun’s note. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The park was nearly empty because of the cold and the Christmas season, but a few families were leaving as the day came to a close. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Christ was certainly too merciful to have them die before Christmas. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Because he was to be sold on the day after Christmas. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most folks don’t have sense enough to carry a blanket around with them, but you never know when you might be sleeping under a Christmas tree at the library so I always keep mine handy. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Once more it was in the week before Christmas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can bring him a nice juicy steak, and”—this is where it gets even better—“you have to give him a big Christmas kiss.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Brother Luke was teaching him to sing a carol, because it was near to the Feast of Christmas. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

My mother had a set, kept at the back of the hall cupboard, with the Christmas tree decorations in their cardboard boxes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some holiday spirit! Let’s get a Christmas tree!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Next to it, his pride and joy hung framed on the wall: a signed Missy Elliott poster that he’d gotten for Christmas the previous year. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Friday evening, for the first time in my life, I received a Christmas present. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You’re the one who told me where Mom and Dad hide all our Christmas presents. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then came that terrible Christmas with its awful presents when our father, with the vanity I was to find typical, sent his photograph. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Toot spending Christmas alone, and beyond that Barack and I needed the downtime. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I bet nobody petted that dog since Christmas. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And they can be one of my Christmas presents. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They entered a small town, lit up by streetlights and blinking Christmas decorations, and Shadow glanced to his right. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The faces in the pews around me were waxen with candlelight, and pine boughs, left over from Christmas, sent up a sepulchral incense in the cold air. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

At Christmas, I went to visit his mother. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Old Joe is leaning against his tractor, which he’s pulled over to the side of the road so he can watch Gloria teetering on a ladder, strands of Christmas lights in her hands. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve prayed to have Mama back in my life every night, only to have my heart broken every Halloween, every Christmas, every motherless birthday. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every Christmas since, she sent my parents a gift box containing hot sauce, a flowering cactus, and a photograph of Mrs. Watson and herself in front of some national monument. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Some thirty-eight thousand people filled Austin’s Memorial Stadium three days after Christmas for that state championship game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, after September, another weather arrives, an Indian summer that occasionally endures until Christmas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if every Christmas from now on would feel this sorry. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Shoes, Mama! Can I wear them to school? And new dresses, too! Oh, this is better than Christmas!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a big patio strung with Christmas lights and rainbow banners, and even though the patio’s empty, the parking lot is overflowing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When high winds had toppled the forty-two-foot-high National Christmas Tree a few years earlier, the garden had survived intact. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris said the time between Christmas and spring was always the longest time of the year. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas is here and instead of a snow-covered ground, the streets are one big ice-skating rink. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Snow was swirling against the icy windows once more; Christmas was approaching fast. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I took a stack of plates out of her hands and set them on the kitchen table by a pile of papers that I recognized as copies of Loma’s Christmas play. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We hang the fabric mural on one of the blue walls, and the Christmas lights across the ceiling. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A ceramic Christmas tree, mounted with a photo of a freckle-faced girl with a missing front tooth, sits on the middle of the table like a centerpiece. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, when Christmas break came, I would tell the school I was sick and go to Birmingham and live with my birth mother and have the baby there. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Like, maybe she made emergency therapist house calls on Christmas? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Without having met me, how could she know that I hated to get clothes for Christmas? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was Christmas and she was making a cake. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Roberts had a strange, dazed look about him, and he waved them off with a vague “Merry Christmas.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just not take any chances. Is that clear? Now, for something far more jolly, how about we start the day by practicing for the Christmas pageant!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Which is why the epigraph of this book is the quatrain from the famous Christmas carol. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit around the table, eating our Christmas dinner. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we get downstairs, Nora turns on the Christmas lights and takes out her cookies. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Christmas and then New Year’s and then Three Kings—so many holidays all at once! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had come home for Christmas, and true to his word, he’d come to pick her up at the bus station in the little tan VW Rabbit he’d bought that fall. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You’d have loved all of this—as well as the strings of lights she wound around the crèche and the branch she stuck in a pot and called a Christmas tree. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I got him a Christmas present, too, but I don’t know if I should give it to him.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the middle of Christmas scenes or birthday parties there always came a moment when Milton’s eye would fill the screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My family had never had a Christmas tree, but I remembered how once I had helped Papi wind colored lights around the eggplant bush that divided our land from Doña Ana’s. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now what, I thought, seeing her standing there, smiling in her tight-fitting summer dress; a large young woman who reeked with Christmas Night perfume who now came close. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benton Sage, having written only one page in four days, celebrated Christmas morning by watching a rerun of The Wonder Years and eating a candy bar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And then I thought, for what? You save leftovers. My sex is not a leftover, and it is not a Christmas present.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Our last meeting was held the day before school let out for Christmas. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Every Christmas, I get to pick out another one. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Christmas Day “This is the day of our annual Christmas party. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother is excited, and I catch some of this excitment from her: it’s like a Christmas stocking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We looked at Papa at the same time; he was on the sofa, reading a Christmas card and smiling. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She looks down at all of the boxes of Christmas lights. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Same as he wanted at Christmas,” shrugged Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that February the twenty-fourth looked a lot closer from this side of Christmas, and he still hadn’t done anything about working out the clue inside the golden egg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit’s next scheduled start was in the Christmas Day Handicap, but Howard made it clear that he would pull Seabiscuit from that race, and any other, if Pollard’s suspension were extended. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the Cloak and then his eyes fell on the flute Hagrid had given him for Christmas. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Her mom left the room, and Eleanor pretended to go back to sleep. park He slept until noon on Christmas Day, until Josh came in and sprayed him with one their mom's salon water bottles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

No further news emerged from Pasadena before Christmas. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

This year, Christmas Eve fell on a Tuesday, and in the Vanderbeeker tradition, Christmas Eve dinner rivaled Thanksgiving dinner in scope and quality. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And in the midst of it, Bono was given away as a Christmas gift to a trustee of the College. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mercedes came home for Christmas, and other relatives gathered at the Chavez house. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

‘Not a lot. I said he could have Salim for two weeks at Christmas and in the summer. That seemed fine by him.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But privately she thought it was a very questionable practice to give Christmas gifts early; in fact, the idea of it caused her a little pang. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was true that Harry wasn’t going back to Privet Drive for Christmas. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She wanted us to look like something Anglo-Saxon, carved on a tomb; or Christmas card angels, regimented in our robes of purity. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for my old “gang,” the only one I could even remotely tolerate was Fang, and, since no-showing on Christmas Eve, he hadn’t even attempted to make contact. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A couple of days before Christmas we gathered by the pigsty. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once he stood at the guardhouse door of a quarry, and some ladies dressed in warm heavy coats and boots came and sang Christmas songs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas at home had meant eating Momma’s bread pudding with maple syrup and nutmeg, and reading the Gospel of Matthew out loud whilst Ruth played in Momma’s lap. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Grandma and I have our plans all made for Christmas Eve and I have a date to spend part of Christmas Day with my friend, Melanie. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the second week of December Professor McGonagall came around as usual, collecting names of those who would be staying at school for Christmas. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We never really talked about Keisha, or Christmas, or the rest of the school year up to this point. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day, instead of laying up in bed, she works on decorating the ten-foot Christmas tree in the foyer, making my life a vacuuming hell with all the needles flying around. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the troops were figuring they’d be home before Christmas. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Forever and forever now, on Christmas morning, Marly knew, she would stop on the stairs where she couldn’t see the living room yet. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Overindulged over Christmas, apparently,” said Hermione, rolling her eyes as she led the way into the packed common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Christmas tin was still in my lap. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Hagens said it was their tradition to open a single present on Christmas Eve. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The family has gathered at Fifi's house for Christmas, which falls a week after the baby's birth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The song rose in volume, strangely bled of Christmas or of celebration. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly felt so happy that it was almost as if it was Christmas already. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I told him about my letters to you every Christmas and Easter, and about how much it would have meant to us if he had gone to see you after I left. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on a pair of earrings, tiny gold hoops that Anita gave me for Christmas last year. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had taken on an extra job in this week before Christmas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been delivered late on Christmas Eve. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We milked first—since cows don’t celebrate Christmas—and then came in to a breakfast of eggs and grapefruit and cherry babka and hot tea. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“This is the best Christmas ever!” he announces. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

When Christmas dinner is finished, there are gifts to exchange in the front room. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks before Christmas Malachy and I come home from school in a heavy rain and when we push in the door we find the kitchen empty. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then it slowed down to only special days, like Christmas or our birthday. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We ended up coming home with two kids from the neighborhood, and they joined us for Christmas dinner. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ollie Mae comes into the living room and starts cleaning up all of the crumpled Christmas wrapping paper and empty boxes that were left behind from this morning’s gift opening. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Normally, since Christmas Eve is my mother’s birthday, she would get twice as many presents. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We all went home for Christmas break—even purportedly homeless Alaska. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the hall, afterward, he examined his watch and saw that it was Christmas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But I want to tell them everything as we sit there by our plastic Christmas tree while the Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer video plays. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But for the moment, Christmas bided its time outside, a purer presence. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael’s whole face seems to glow like a Christmas bulb. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

During Christmas vacation of my junior year, Gay was looking for a movie to watch when she discovered the videotape from my adoption day four and a half years earlier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Christmas was still months away and Conor’s birthday was already past. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we have until the end of Christmas break?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Snow did not come until three days before Christmas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

For a fleeting second he thought of the knife Sirius had bought him for Christmas — locked in his trunk in the castle a quarter of a mile away, no use to him whatsoever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“These are from last Christmas,” I said, pointing to one of me standing in front of the Christmas tree. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But for days we’ve been meeting about Christmas. And you’ve been so kind to let us use your hut. If you had told us, we could have included a Hanukkah celebration,” said Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I am. I want to know why you were running around with Empire State last Christmas.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas, as you can guess, wasn’t exactly Ho Ho Ho around our house. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He tells her about his memory of the Christmas party, of her being forced to play “Jingle Bells.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They took this one seriously, as he had hinted that he might be poisoning one of them before Christmas to see if their antidote worked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The entire school looked forward eagerly to Christmas vacation. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the journal and wrap it carefully in the best wrapping paper I can find, in the bedroom with the Christmas decorations and my mother’s collection of cards. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She said it wasn’t just teens, but moms and grandmas, which she realized when she talked about it with a group at a Christmas party a couple months back. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” replied Mrs. Little, “and I think we had better start thinking about the poem ‘’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.’ Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

We decided where the invisible Christmas tree would be, and we sat on the floor and pretended we were taking decorations out of boxes and hanging them on the branches. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Gram has this rule that you can open one on Christmas Eve and you save the rest for morning. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just as we pulled up in front of the church, I saw Christmas banners and lights. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Zooey was relaxing in the recliner next to the sofa, and Charlie had his back to me, digging around for something under the Christmas tree. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“So that Christmas Henry brought him home, into the house, and the demon looked up and saw the face he believed he had paid off and discharged twenty-eight years ago. Go on.” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Daddy used to make them wait until corn shucking or Christmas to marry,” Rufus told me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a Christmas bauble tied to the loop on top of his tea cozy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I decide I can give it to Abuela for Christmas. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Oh, I railed her about it, but then the fool started boo-hooing so I let her off the hook just so she’d shut up, told her it was her Christmas present. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She leads us back to the food court, where workers are standing on ladders, putting up a gigantic Christmas tree. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

For Joseph, this was the first Christmas tree he’d ever had, and when he looked at one and touched its branches and smiled —number five, sort of—it didn’t seem right to argue. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

We had gone to the annual Christmas party held at the First Chinese Baptist Church at the end of the alley. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding a scrubby tree that could barely serve as a Christmas tree took two days. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we went into Bentalls and it was really crowded and we had to get a Christmas present for Grandma? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, all right, I was going to go to Slughorn’s Christmas party with her, but she never said...just as friends...I’m a free agent...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Plus I don’t see what’s so dreamy about floppy hair that looks like it hasn’t been brushed since Christmas. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But Francie always longed for oranges and pineapple and especially tangerines which she got only at Christmas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama set out cookies, and after an hour of arranging ornaments and eating cookies and singing and reminiscing about Christmases past, the tree trimming was complete. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Any gift ought to be appreciated, of course, and thank-you notes promptly written, but still—early presents meant there would be that much less to open under the tree on Christmas morning. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I see a few people out walking their dogs or talking to neighbors, and even one guy starting to put up his Christmas decorations. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He buried his dirty clothes at the bottom of the hamper and dug all his leftover birthday and Christmas money out of his sock drawer. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I let him wash in the bedroom while Siunek is on duty at the window, and I think about our time at Christmas, when Max had his arm around me on the sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Months ago, not long after Christmas, she went into the library to wake him from an afternoon sleep and saw a file open upon the desk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As we gathered about the tree to exchange gifts, Uncle Charlie told Christmas stories to the children and then the adults spoke of all the blessings they had enjoyed during the year. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The boy had forgotten it was still Christmas, the waiting seemed so long. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I first met Paul Edward Farmer two weeks before Christmas 1994. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I went to my friend’s place for Christmas. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We spent a merry, uneventful Christmas with Toot in her apartment, opening gifts and marveling at her devotion to the five-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle she had going on a card table. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Maintaining the campaign after Christmas proved more difficult, however, and in February it was called off. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing the watch Louisa had given him for Christmas. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He and Sonia had not wanted to go; Christmas was supposed to be spent with just family. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Miss Winthrop managed to put a positive spin on it when I saw her as I climbed onto the Christmas float. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I expect a joint Christmas present from you and the prince this year?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hanako did not know them well, just saw them once a year at Christmas. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

By the time the two of them finished trimming it — their tree-trimming instincts having languished for so many Christmases — hardly a pine needle could be seen under the tinsel and balls and whatnot. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening over Christmas dinner, we all discussed outer space. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas has passed and Jameso took the tree out this morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Looking for a warm spot. They got me runnin tonight. Christmas comin and all, all I do is run up and down the street.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not Lifebuoy?” said Father Christmas, trying to be helpful and looking anxiously at Mary Poppins, for she was being rather snappy. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I know you’re excited because this is the last day of school before Christmas vacation, but let’s get this one last assignment in. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

George and my sisters no longer went about in rags; we now could even afford a Christmas tree. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Same to you. And your folks. Tell Mr. Dead and your mother I said Merry Christmas.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we folded and stamped all the flyers, I kept talking, telling Liz all about the Christmas float our church was doing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Christmas coming up everybody was trying to get some money together. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You will not. You’ll go. It’s almost Christmas and your father is expecting you. You haven’t been to see him since the end of summer.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the programs of the school Christmas plays, the parents are accustomed to seeing his name among the cast. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had on his back a huge sooty sack stuffed full of bundles: Father Christmas, who pops down the chimneys of old Earth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering,” she said, “could I buy some tamales from your family this Christmas?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After Christmas the thermometer dropped to ten below zero. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“This was ... different. For a second it felt like it was Christmas morning, watching a guy get crushed to death.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Be assured I will not be far from here, and I promise to come back for Christmas and Easter and your saint’s day. And to see when that front tooth grows in again.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their beaks they pinched the edges of the town, plucked it up and flew away with it, as if it were a Christmas tree display on a tablecloth. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

After all, it was only five days until Christmas. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

—Have you talked to either of Rob’s parents since that phone call you had from his mother on Christmas Day? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Christmas Day, in the middle of Christmas dinner, Jorge suffered a heart attack, flipped over in his chair, his mouth full of candied sweet potato, and died. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the week between Christmas and New Year’s saying goodbye to all my friends at Westside. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

At Christmas, Mrs. Chavez had been thrilled to receive a vase that was bought from that store. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“We spent a Christmas week out there in Utah. It was beautiful. Beyond beautiful.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, it was the last thing until just after eleven on Christmas morning. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother scored the coup of having the Reverend come to our house for supper following the Christmas Eve services. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jay couldn’t afford Christmas, and Trey obviously couldn’t either. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On it was a message from a member of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s staff inviting me to attend a Christmas party at the White House! Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Now, four days after Christmas, he was bringing her back. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“When she opens those bright little eyes, it’s like plugging in a string of Christmas lights, isn’t it?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will buy her husband a cell phone for Christmas, she decides. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning Mandy received her Caboodles kit and a lot more gifts than I did. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Sneaky’s mom gives him an allowance, plus money on his birthday and at Christmas. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She was wearing the red scarf I’d given her at Christmas and it was everything I could do not to walk over and kiss her right on the spot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And then there was no time to smell anything else, for the Bus had stopped outside the Largest Shop in the World, and they were all going into it to do their Christmas shopping. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dewey Dell says it wont be sold because it belongs to Santa Claus and he taken it back with him until next Christmas. As I Lay Dying 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’ll be gone for Christmas. If he cared anything about me he wouldn’t have gone at all.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was alone, leaving the smaller cities that had winked out long ago like Christmas lights on a faulty wire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And a group of men sang about what a sad Christmas it would be now that their love was away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He died on December 8, 1995, just a couple weeks before Christmas. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma’s Christmas play was sure to have a packed crowd, because it would be the first entertainment held there at night, and everybody was anxious to see the electric lighting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

What else do you have to do over Christmas holidays?” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Lake Windsor Downs, the people were inside, welcoming the freeze with hot cocoa and fake logs and Christmas CDs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whattup,” he said, and then sang very sweetly: “I’m dreaming of a Black Christmas.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He lifted him into the front seat of the truck and gave him a candy cane left over from Christmas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a flood!” said Peach, as if he were saying It’s Christmas! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

For days and days it had seemed as if Christmas was in the house already—all the good happy feelings, warmth and good smells, and the shining tree. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Not much. Jordan said Christmas was stupid, and Mama agreed.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face lit up like a Christmas tree. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cabins were decorated with tiny flickering lights, like Christmas lights, except they seemed to be balls of real fire. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

That’s why I find myself at the mall, trailing behind her as she finishes her Christmas shopping. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was still dark when Maniac awoke on Christmas morning. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thrived on Christmas carols, delighted in decorations, and indulged in special treats and goodies. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late in the year, as Christmas approaches, he promises her he’ll come visit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t tasted an orange since the Christmas we moved to the farm in Goshen. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

We had Christmas there with my birth mother’s family and visited some friends. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

This was Great Britain’s announcement that it would test its first thermonuclear device over Christmas Island that spring. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I kept my most valuable ones in a jewelry box my parents gave me for Christmas the previous year. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Nothing until the final degradation of the Christmas card. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the block, the Baptist choir was rehearsing Christmas carols, their rich voices spilling out into the neighborhood from the open church door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She has made her own Christmas cards this year, an idea she picked up from a book in the crafts section of the library. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was jingling bells, too, and for a moment I thought of Christmas and sleigh bells. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Most impressive to Penelope was the fact that each room had its very own Christmas tree, except for the ballroom, which had two—one on either end. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Each Christmas, black families would celebrate by taking children of all ages to the Indian place on First Avenue to be outfitted with cheap garments, and some, the extremely lucky ones, with sneakers or shoes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe — as he was such a good friend to Albus — maybe Scorpius might want to stay over part of the Christmas break or ... Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed that night feeling that Christmas was ruined. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

More alcohol than food, of course, and by the time everyone shows up for Christmas Eve, my shack smells like turkey, coleslaw, and, of course, the Doorman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The days between Christmas and New Year’s day are allowed as holidays; and, accordingly, we were not required to perform any labor, more than to feed and take care of the stock. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

There looked to be nothing but junk up there—old Christmas decorations, a sewing machine, and spools of dated cloth. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had a way of saying, “Christmas will be here before you know it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought it was strange that our Jewish family celebrated Christmas with Nan, Aunt Louise, and our English cousins. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I was hoping she could spend Christmas with the family one last time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A month later, just after Christmas, his dad moves away, too. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the week dragged on, Friday night and the library lock-in started to remind Kyle of Christmas, too: It felt like they would never come. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Late Christmas was a holiday that only me and my father celebrated. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

My heart felt like the Grinch’s, expanding three sizes with Elle’s voice evoking all the Whos in Who-ville singing on Christmas Day. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Today she was dressed like a Christmas tree, with all this stuff pinned to her clothes, shapes cut out of fabric, ribbon. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And so, as Christmas of ’73 approached, we all wondered what he would be like when we saw him again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Harry was woken by Ron throwing his pillow at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A night train south and he arrives in Arles the next day, Christmas Day, and goes to the hospital. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Though Jews did not celebrate Christmas, he would join his Catholic friends in the tradition of carrying manger scenes from house to house while singing Christmas carols. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

They gave us Halloween candy in December, Christmas candy around Valentine’s day, candy hearts at Easter, and Easter eggs at Halloween. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in years, I give out Christmas cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But, tell the truth, she’d been too busy directing the school’s Christmas play to worry much about him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So Christmas Eve with us was Fang’s holiday highlight, and, having limited funds, he never brought over any gifts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The gift is covered in red-and-green-and-gold-striped paper left over from Christmas the year before, taped awkwardly at the seams. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The one thing that brought back meaning to Hanukkah and Christmas. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You must never forget your father,” she reminded us at Christmas, Father’s Day, and his birthday. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The annual light bulb harvest. We had to go quite far up the road before we had enough. Even so, it took two Christmases.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

His customers, always pressed for money, promised payment after harvest, and then after Christmas, and then after—until at last they forgot it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it will be dead again once Christmas is over,” Connor said, which was obviously reassuring to him, but not to me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Say if you hunt for Christmas presents in mid-December, find what you’re hoping to get, but then on Christmas Day there’s no sign of it in your pillowcase. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They talked all the rest of the way about cats, dogs, horses, school, Halloween, Christmas, and so on. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Red-and-green Christmas decorations are hung on the streetlights and in all the stores. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When I got older and discovered that presents don’t just “show up,” I realized Daddy always went over there around our birthdays and Christmas. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of cut wood and Christmas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The King hopes for a peace by the Sacrament of Christmas, but the Scots are a stubborn race. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I looked up to the counter where red and green peppers were strung like Christmas tree lights and saw the frowning face of the stranger. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before Christmas that year, we went to the stores in downtown Little Rock, where I saw bright Christmas lights, large plants, nice furniture, and pretty pictures on the walls. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His Christmas dinner was gone in three bites, and dessert was skipped in favor of a brisk two-mile run. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After a moment of terrified squeaking, it spotted the Christmas tree and jumped. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

‘Joyful Christmas to you!’ said John Roberts, the postman. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The National Organization of Delta Sigma Theta, a professional women’s sorority, had decided to give us a Christmas party at the Dunbar Community Center. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would mix in traditional English Christmas songs with African ones, and include a few protest songs — the authorities did not seem to mind or perhaps know the difference. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On those first celluloid Christmases I look as overdressed as the Infanta. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Back at home we had fallen head over heels into the Christmas spirit and preparing for our yearly donation. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I imagined him trudging through the falling snow toward Altai, arriving in time for Christmas with my handkerchief in his breast pocket. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He had, unceremoniously, one Christmas when he found her under the house with stolen cigarettes. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I thought of the inmates I knew whom nobody was likely to remember at Christmas. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mushrooms and puff-balls popped up and the new grass started before Christmas. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Christmas tree beside their table rose a few inches off the ground, drifted sideways, and landed with a soft thump right in front of their table, hiding them from view. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

How badly he must have wanted to see them, four of his children, there in the fodder house, on Christmas Day; but he would not lie, and so he would not look at them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed your Christmas bundle, for I didn’t get it till night and had given up hoping. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time Edwin visited, Cole said to him, “Christmas was really lonely. I felt like the whole world had forgotten about me.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Using my allowance, I bought my mother and the baby some Christmas gifts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Heck, no, I just slap up our Christmas tree in the middle of summer and sing “Deck the Halls” and have a martini on the patio and don’t give it another thought anymore. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me Dad’s going to be okay with a Christmas tree. And angel ornaments.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As I tug off the ribbon and rip at the paper, I’m suddenly six years old at Christmas. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I told her I’d call her Christmas night if I didn’t.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Annex was delighted to hear that we’ll all be receiving an extra quarter pound of butter for Christmas. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Soon it was Christmas and the inn teemed with folk going away or coming home. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to arrange for a visit soon. Maybe even this Christmas. Would you like that?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He put out extra editions on Christmas Eve, during election week, and on the Fourth of July. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Mine either. I’m not exactly the silky-basketball-shorts type. They were a Christmas present from my father, who played forward for his college team.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I put the leather journal Olga gave me for Christmas in my backpack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s a short day again—a dry season until Christmas catering, Jorge says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I liked the way we did everything the same as we had the previous year, including opening one gift on Christmas Eve and the rest before breakfast the next morning. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There’s a whole Christmas scene with a train riding around a snowy track. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He worked in Indianapolis now, and he had promised Cara that she could come and visit him there—maybe at Thanksgiving or Christmas. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

People gave him pound and ten shilling notes for Christmas and birthdays, they gave him more because he hadn't got a father, and then there was pocket money. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As we entered the parlor, she lit the dozens of tiny candles on the Christmas tree, and they flickered like fairy lights. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Oliver knew that $2.36 would not go far for Christmas presents. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But it had nothing to do with Christmas, as far as I knew. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

That was why every Christmas she sent a dozen pairs, glittering with yellow and pink plastic beads, sequins, and turquoise blue flowers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think I’m making Christmas sugar cookies?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The box of pineapple arrived on Christmas Eve. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He put on a pair of clean cotton pants, and the blue tennis shirt with the little alligator on the pocket that Mrs. Elversen had given him for Christmas. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the best holiday I had had since Christmas and just about the best party. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve is depressing and rainy and warm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Some years back snow had fallen on Christmas Eve and continued falling, and when Bobby set out the next morning for the Clutter property, a three-mile walk, he had had to fight through deep drifts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real question would have been, “Dear Claudia, what experience would you like on Christmas?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided I'd just see old Phoebe and sort of say good- by to her and all, and give her back her Christmas dough, and then I'd start hitchhiking my way out West. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Christmas was only three weeks off, she said kindly: Why hadn’t Emeline simply waited and given the plate then, when Mrs. Lawrence could have offered a gift in return? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They were meaningful in the way that a schoolchild’s homemade Christmas card is meaningful. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Dalton and his younger sister are regular flyers, visiting their dad, who lives up in Portland, a few times a year—Christmas, Easter, most of the summer, and every other Thanksgiving. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to take her Christmas dough. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk about your father like that on Christmas Eve. Shame on you,” Mrs. Meecham admonished. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want them out of the house. Just take them, you hear me? There’ll be more come Christmas. Six months,” she said, and the tears rained down her face. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

She could hardly remember a Christmas day when she didn’t have a present from one of her students. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She explains that the annual Pagoda Pizza Christmas party has always been on the second Friday in February, because Super Bowl night marks the end of our busiest season. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

His housekeeper, Johnnie, was still on her Christmas vacation, and he had recently hired a temporary housekeeper. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initially her mood was bright, for the parcel contained an early Christmas present she planned to give to her friends the Lawrences, but as she neared the corner of Sixty-third and Wallace, her spirits dimmed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This time of year, it’s twice as fun because everyone has their Christmas lights up and is participating in the Who-Can-Flaunt-the-Tackiest-Collection-of-Obnoxious-Holiday-Bullshit Contest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Harry had gone again after Christmas, and the new gifts got to be just ordinary things lying around with the things you’d had forever and forever. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

That put Jo at her ease and she laughed too, as she said, in her heartiest way, “We did have such a good time over your nice Christmas present.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I consider leaving him out in the car, but Christmas spirit can even make its way to someone like me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A more morose Christmas Eve dinner had never been had among the Vanderbeekers. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve, in a soft snowfall, the three of us walk to church. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“She told me they always have charades at Christmas.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It hits me that all along I thought I was doing this old lady a favor by spending Christmas Day with her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Several days before Christmas, Mrs. Byrne announces that Christmas Day, Wednesday, will be an unpaid holiday. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“How come she gets to be upset? She wasn’t there for Khalil. You know how many times he cried about her? Birthdays, Christmas, all that. Why does she get to cry now?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Even the poorest of the poor don’t go out on Christmas Day picking coal off the road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The songs floating out of jukeboxes were still about women and liquor, but they had a Christmas twist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We celebrated most major life events at Southside’s house, which meant that over the years we unwrapped Christmas presents to Ella Fitzgerald and blew out birthday candles to Coltrane. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So, it looks like I got one hell of a Christmas surprise this year. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

College students burdened by backpacks, returning for Christmas break. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t have to work on Christmas Eve day. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

No battles were ever fought in the Meecham home on the night before Christmas. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get to the door, we had to make our way through the dance floor: sweat and heat, blinking Christmas lights, a dreadful crush of bodies. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That made it just like Christmas evening except it was getting late and it was still light outside and nobody was telling jokes or acting jolly. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes opened and I could see the sun behind the branch of a Christmas tree. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Christmas carols were in the air; they issued from the radio of the four women and mixed strangely with Miami’s sunshine and the cries of the querulous, never thoroughly silent seagulls. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another flash of lightning, and through the smoking hole in the roof I saw the tree she meant: a huge, White House Christmas tree-sized pine at the crest of the nearest hill. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They were both wrapped in Christmas paper with big red bows. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fine- stein always has a bowl of oranges out, on a table up a few steps from the vestibule; no one else leaves oranges lying around like that when it isn’t Christmas. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But their Christmas ended in late afternoon on Christmas Eve—I saw department store clerks working against time to replace a holiday window display with deathly white piles of towels and sheets. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore had convinced Harry not to go looking for the Mirror of Erised again, and for the rest of the Christmas holidays the Invisibility Cloak stayed folded at the bottom of his trunk. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was common talk in the cabins that they had been sold and were to go South with the chain gang the day after Christmas. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Christmas!” she exclaimed aloud, and not in the festive manner one might expect. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Christmas was less than a week away, so naturally the mall would be a supremely unfun place to be, especially since everyone else seemed to have the same snow day idea. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a twenty-minute walk to the Christmas tree stand, requiring the Vanderbeekers to cross a bridge that connected Harlem to the Bronx. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I et porridge and beef for my Christmas dinner, a right curious combination but a tasty one. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep the new calendar I got for Christmas on the wall right above my bed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I heard it could be over before Christmas.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I sat in the auditorium watching the boys and girls dancing at the Christmas formal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The morning was like the Christmas song—“where the snow lay all about, deep and soft and even.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not have a traditional Christmas meal, but we were given an extra mug of coffee for supper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t snow much in Atlanta, and she had never seen a fresh Christmas snowfall. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas in London was a charming experience for Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t figure out why he was asking me to do that, but it was Christmas, so I said sure. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

December 30 No More First day back after Christmas break, I know I’m supposed to wear everything new. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Without a compass you’ll row in circles, sure as Christmas, because one arm is always stronger. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At Christmas time, Jerusalem and Bethlehem felt crisp and cool, flickering with candles in windows, buttery yellow streetlights, and music floating from shops—thin threads of light and sound. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nana turns on the radio, and Christmas music fills the car. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I like it because it looks like a Christmas tree. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of arranging the Christmas cards on the fireplace mantel, Ashima glances at the return addresses and then, without opening the envelopes, she throws them away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He makes more tea and we have that with bread and jam so that no one can say we didn’t have a sweet on Christmas Day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

This is the first time we’ve seen each other since the woods except for the kabillion times I’ve seen him in my mind over the last few days, which included Christmas. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Most are draped across the limbs by the laces like oversized Christmas ornaments. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Waking as a child on Christmas day was like this—the sleepy thrill, before remembering its source. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That had been just a little while ago, during the Christmas holidays. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I owe a lot of that to the awesome book cover Dylan commissioned Samantha to design last Christmas. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance’s Christmas party had ended in such a free-for-all of destruction that a whole fleet of servants working ’round the clock for a month would be hard- pressed to put the house right. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was the gift he had ordered for Christmas that did not arrive in time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The great snow-covered lawn of Rose Terrace, the Dodge mansion, boasts a forty-foot Christmas tree trucked in from the Upper Peninsula. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was disgusted and wondered why I couldn’t live with a regular family and have a nice, quiet Christmas like everyone I saw in holiday specials on television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson replied, “Bags of fruit and candy for all of you are on the back table. Merry Christmas, everyone!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A knitter working on a very long Christmas stocking that dragged behind her on the floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It has been one year since the first “Yanks” went overseas, and the country hoped they would be home by Christmas past. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Benton Sage no longer believed in Christmas, because he felt that God had misled him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was spring, many months past Christmas, and yet black Santas lined the windowsills. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry felt in the pocket of his robes and pulled out a Chocolate Frog, the very last one from the box Hermione had given him for Christmas. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was angry, too, because it would soon be Christmas and he had nothing to give Leslie. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

For Christmases and birthday parties and summers packed with distant relatives. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rall laughed and started talking about the Christmas party he was planning. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reminisced about past Christmases, or, as Francie put it, they talked about olden times. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The previous Christmas, at a visit to her father’s house, Carol Cummings had told her stepmother what Ellsberg was up to. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At which point, an old lady with fine white, wispy hair nodded toward our family and said with a whistling whisper, “Merry, merry Christmas.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The widgeon, who had slept on water, came whistling their double notes, like whistles from a Christmas cracker. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On Christmas night the general led a surprise attack on Trenton. He beat the Hessians—killed a handful and took more than nine hundred prisoner.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My grandson got me that black-and-white set for Christmas.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Start afresh. There is no need to carry yesterday’s fears and disappointments into a brand-new day—especially on Christmas!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“He’s...okay. He works a lot. Mom got him an electric razor for Christmas.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Last week, the sugar and butter had filled Miss Celia’s whole house with the smell of Christmas even though it was the crying shame of June. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When his Christmas vacation arrived, he formed a plan to go camping on Mount Elgon, and he invited one of the women from Eldoret to accompany him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I like Christmas here,” Cari said, laying out her ribbons in a neat row. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like every year, the Christmas tree stands in a corner of the living room. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The room is lit only by dim floor lamps and a jumble of hanging Christmas lights. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Nixon’s Christmas bombings were still awaiting their holiday season. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

School closed for Christmas break in early December. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The travel agency is why he hasn’t come with me on this trip: the months before Christmas are a hectic time in the travel business. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For every major holiday—Christmas, Easter—I would get a new outfit for church. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t it be great if we were able to convince the Beiderman to let us stay? It would be like giving Mama and Papa the most amazing Christmas present ever.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Early on the day after Christmas, Rall and his men were sleeping off a long night of celebrating. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not cute little Christmas angels, but high, stern angels in white robes, whose faces were sad and serious from being near God all day and hearing His decisions about the world. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just looked with shining eyes at those lovely Christmas presents. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d only told her that I wanted to hang something in Nana’s room at the nursing home as a surprise, and convinced her to delay bringing Nana back after spending Christmas with us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I noticed the quiet passing of another milestone: For the first time, Harry got a cup of Christmas wine. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The pleasant little bed-sitting room was crowded with photographs, bottles of toilet water, lace pincushions, brushes and combs, and the china and silver bureau-knacks of many birthdays and Christmases. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Came one morning, then, shortly before Christmas, when Billy Ray slipped on a dude ranch backpack, hung some snowshoes on the side of it, and walked into the mountains. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a dark room with only the Christmas tree lighted, it wasn’t bad. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A friend had sent the calendar in the mail as a Christmas gift, even though Shoba and Shukumar hadn’t celebrated Christmas that year. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They ducked out of the tree and saw that the twins had painted the Christmas ornament all over with tiny brushstrokes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few years later, she had turned up at Christmas with a computerized robot for Dudley and a box of dog biscuits for Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He tramped steadily back and forth beneath the twisted paper and the Christmas bell, hunched, his hands clasped behind him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The market was crowded with folk whose cupboards had been cleaned out by the Christmas feasting, and Sarah muttered rude things. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was December, and there’d been a huge Christmas tree in the middle of the dance hall, bright with white bulbs and an illuminated star on top. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a flurry of rumor about her disappearance when the rest of the school arrived back from their Christmas holidays, because of course everyone thought that she had been attacked. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I was just, you know, taking a walk. Saw your place, thought I’d stop by and say hi. You know, wish you all a Merry Christmas...” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We started talking about some of Dad’s great escapades: letting me pet the cheetah, taking us Demon Hunting, giving us stars for Christmas. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Lads, you won't mind if I truss you up like a Christmas goose." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

For Christmas Mother gave us all needlework things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If I knew that you wanted boxes for Christmas, I would have saved myself some money." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was a Christmas gift from my real dad. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Angie grabbed them and wasted no time opening the bag and removing a sugar cookie decorated like a Christmas tree. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My parents want them to stay under The World’s Most Boring Christmas Tree until New Year’s so people who come to visit can see them. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And now the mansions along the lake are lit with Christmas lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Cordelia’s Christmas tree is not like others: it’s covered in gauzy angel hair, and all the lights and decorations on it are blue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Starting around Christmas 1937, when he administered his first dose of a phosphorus radioisotope to a patient at the university medical center, John’s need for the substance became “insatiable,” Kamen recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Buck’s Peak looked the way it always did at Christmas—a snowy spire, adorned with evergreens—and my eyes, increasingly accustomed to brick and concrete, were nearly blinded by the scale and clarity of it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I went to stay with a friend who lived near campus for Christmas. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Things had scarcely had time to quiet down after April’s narrow escape when Christmas vacation arrived. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two Christmases ago, which was his first Christmas with us, Richard gave me my own set of ropes and started showing me knots. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t take the time from work, he said, and anyway they were a family and would have Christmas together. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He is followed by Otto, who wishes everyone a merry Christmas. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The older kids started talking about the best things on TV over Christmas and New Year's. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There never was such merrymaking as took place in the Hall that Christmas Eve. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The cross and signs and streamers in the office reminded the office manager of Christmas decorations and made him feel slightly sentimental. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to match her relaxed tone, said sure, that sounded good, and we picked a night between Christmas and New Year’s. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She went up to the Poconos one afternoon before Christmas and came home with two cases of scented candles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Mom took us down to a gas station that sold Christmas trees. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had a matching one; dad had bought them for Christmas the month before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was that same map Joseph was now holding, in the middle of a snowstorm, a couple of days after Christmas, lost in a city he didn’t know. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Until that Christmas when we received the gifts I had been confident that they were both dead. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been considering that very thing, the thought of Christmas in prison being so depressing, but the memo pretty much torpedoed the idea. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right before Christmas, Papa Will arrived with a huge, lush green tree. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even though June and her mom don’t believe in Jesus, they still celebrate Christmas. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The house where they spent Christmas and Sunday dinners and where Ophie slept and argued and cried and did all the messy business of growing up. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Another Christmas comes and goes and the holiday feels gloomier than ever. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I purchased a ticket to Idaho for Christmas. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I can smell it. It smells like orange peels and Christmas trees put together.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moron thought that might be difficult ’cause his dad’d bought it off a Brummie at Tewkesbury Market on Christmas Eve. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I grew up in Florida, where it’s a miracle if it gets cold enough to need a hoodie, but Christmas just doesn’t feel right without snow and hot chocolate and a roaring fire. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He came with Momma at Christmas, dressed in embroidered Western shirts and pointy-toed leather boots. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was three days after Christmas and children were home playing with their new toys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an honest gesture, but it wasn’t much of a Christmas that year. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use Eduardo’s spreadsheets on the notebook computer John bought him last Christmas. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a class Christmas party, which consists of cookies brought from home and eaten silently at our desks, and different-colored jelly beans provided by Miss Lumley, five for each child. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One night soon after Christmas all four of the people chanced to visit him at the same time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

So then I asked the nurse to make sure a blanket my mother had given me one Christmas would go with me into surgery. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Marv, I appreciate it,” and for the first time in many years, I find myself looking forward to Christmas. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Freak is pointing the squirt gun right in his face and he says, "Guess what I got for Christmas, Mr. Kane? Guess right, because your life depends on it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas decorations still hung on the walls, and a few strings of coloured fairy lights blinked on and off, like a secret code. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I imagined myself playing with them with the ball I would get for Christmas. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit picking at my Christmas dinner, as Mr. Banerji is picking at his. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the day after Christmas, and I can’t help thinking about Pim and the story he told me this time last year. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On the day of Christmas Eve, I supervised the distribution of little holiday “gift boxes” containing useless toiletries and a few snacks, compliments of a charity. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Happy Christmas to yourself, missus, and a Happy New Year, too. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

My brother Tony was living in Las Vegas, working as a long-haul trucker, so on Christmas Day I called him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Let’s really light up this Christmas,” Dad said and thrust the lighter into the Douglas fir. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Put more wood on the fire, it is Christmas. No one will be searching these mountains until May Day.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pomp, sensible of our friend’s more delicate sentiments, rushed to soothe: “No, not on Christmas Eve, Slant. No wise.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They were stuffed to contented laziness with Christmas dinner and they had been down to Melanie’s apartment to look at her presents and then up to look at April’s. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in this past day, Christmas Eve, while the clock made two complete rotations of its own, I watched over three tiny creatures whose lungs struggled like the flat, useless wings of butterflies prematurely emerged. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My turn. Okay. Someone Jewish,” I say, “posting about Christmas.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The spruce trees began coming into the neighborhood the week before Christmas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day before Christmas, Lieutenant Colonel Gawie Marx, the deputy commander of Polls-moor, wandered by my cell after breakfast and said quite casually, “Mandela, would you like to see the city?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figuring the big tree would eventually destroy the small deformed pine anyway, Cole chose it for his Christmas tree. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m a rotten son. I—I’m grounded until Christmas break, at least. I know you’re always praying for me and I...I wish it were paying off for you. I really do.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Nana’s forgetfulness was cute at first—she’d call us by the wrong names, mix up our birthdays, send us Christmas cards in the middle of summer—but it isn’t cute anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I guess it didn’t matter to them that the Bing Crosby Christmas special was on television tonight, the way it mattered to my parents, who would never, ever miss it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But alas, he died before Christmas break in a car accident. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“No, she complained about how loud the teenagers play their radios and, oh, yes, she invited us to Christmas dinner.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Meecham family prepared for midnight Mass. Mary Anne and Ben, fully dressed, knelt before the Christmas tree rattling presents that bore their names. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only when they were done eating that Penelope remembered: Her presents for the children were still waiting, carefully stacked under the small Christmas tree of the nursery! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When Emily had started having contractions at Christmas, Mother had said the pregnancy would unfold according to God’s will. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Will we even be able to fit a Christmas tree in this apartment? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Clothes that’ll make Dawn Madden dance with me at the Christmas Village Hall Disco. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Audrey’s car didn’t stand out, which was a boon to us, as were the Christmas Eve parties happening at a few of the Franklins’ neighbors houses. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Over Christmas break, I was wrapping some Christmas gifts for my nephews. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I beg to present you the city of Savannah as a Christmas gift,” Sherman wired the President. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wishes he could simply borrow his parents’ car and drive up to Maine to see Ruth after Christmas, or that she could visit him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure, Mom,” Ben said, smiling, “that’s what you say every Christmas.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night when the boy is eleven, he is decorating a tabletop Christmas tree—the first one he has ever had—when his father starts beating up a lady friend in the kitchen. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Getting there had taken weeks of talk and worry already; it was slower than Christmas. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy had bought Granny a TV for Christmas. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence, whatever Snuffy and the other townsfolk wanted to do with those little Smokeys, God bless ’em and Merry Christmas and far be it from Buddy to interfere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never performed one of my nonhymn songs in public before. Much less at the high school Christmas talent competition in front of six hundred people, most of whom hate me.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the squares of this net my parents have hung their Christmas cards. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After Christmas he announced that he was going to take us to California for vacation. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I told your mother I would only stay for Christmas. It’s a good thing she knows me or she might be worried.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way she looked at her phone, it was like she got the best Christmas present, and I knew she wanted to get home as fast as she could. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He ordered a brutal bombardment of North Vietnam, soon known as the Christmas bombing. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Shackleton had estimated a rate of travel that would put him on the continent by the end of December, but by Christmas they still hadn’t passed the Antarctic Circle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Jay always makes apple cinnamon pancakes on Christmas, and today is no different thanks to the bag of flour from our community center box. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She cooked meals where she made three separate eternally boiled vegetable portions for everybody and would giggle in the corner at Christmas with a small glass of sherry and a paper crown on her head. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I distinctly remember the way the rest of that Christmas morning played out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve, Harry went to bed looking forward to the next day for the food and the fun, but not expecting any presents at all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She had also begun making dough for Christmas cookies and placing it in the freezer. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear more voices, more people coming in to say “Nno nu” and complain about how hard life was, how they could not buy new clothes for their children this Christmas. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, what a thrill there was for Francie when she turned a street corner and saw another store all fixed up for Christmas! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped I would get another pair in my Christmas stocking. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then Longstreet thought of his children, that Christmas, that terrible Christmas, and turned his mind away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father’s arrest had come in September, and when Christmas was but two days away, my mother dropped a bombshell. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There you go,” Ron yelled happily, stuffing a fistful of gold coins into Harry’s hand, “for the Omnioculars! Now you’ve got to buy me a Christmas present, ha!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The gift I ordered for you did not come in time for the Christmas box. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life I had to be woken up Christmas morning. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The proposal was “going ahead splendidly,” he wrote Loomis just after Christmas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The tree had two bodies—a man’s and a woman’s—dangling from the branches like too-heavy Christmas ornaments. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He also lifted out a shot putt his wife had given him for a Christmas present as a way for him to release tensions built up during a day’s work. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very early one Christmas morning as he and his wife lay in bed asleep, an explosion woke him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I proudly stack everything on the empty shelves, I announce, “It’s like Christmas came early!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was Christmas, and some people went to church on Christmas. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas 1958 wasn’t a white one, but it was bitterly cold, no problem in a town sitting on a billion tons of the finest bituminous coal in the world. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. I got the impression she was planning to spend Christmas alone, actually.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It must be Christmas here every day, I thought. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She even forgot to string the Christmas lights in front of the town hall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Christmas decorations are on the roofs and all over the wide and tall trees that tower over the curving roads. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Behind her was a fairytale city twinkling with Christmas lights. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She still looked like she’d just lost a fight with a Christmas tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But it was Christmas, and they both had to get back, so they pocketed their presents and said good-bye. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, though, western Kansas winters are imprisoning, and usually frost on the fields and razory winds have altered the climate before Christmas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strung all around with colored lights, there was what looked like a war memorial in the middle, partly obscured by a windblown Christmas tree. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The plastic Christmas balls rocked back and forth while he looked at me like I had escaped from someplace I shouldn’t have escaped from. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The main thing that marked Andrew’s birth for me was our first trip to meet Abel’s family during the Christmas holidays. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was rather like a Christmas tree whose lights, wired in series, must all go out if even one bulb is defective. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it a little early for Christmas lights?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

About four-thirty Christmas Eve I hung a small red cluster of teaberries on the deerskin door. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like when you wake up on Christmas morning and remember what day it is. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They ate Christmas dinner at Muff and Bud’s. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So the date was made—Egypt, the day after Christmas, right after lunch. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evergreens are dusted with the light snow that fell last night like a forest of Christmas trees. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But Hermione raised her wand, moved it in a circle through the air, and a wreath of Christmas roses blossomed before them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

From that moment on, they adhered to the unwritten law of Christmas past. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jimmy had taken it at Christmas, right before Carlos enlisted. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed like ships had most captured his imagination, so for Christmas I gave him a book about their history and design. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They say that one day near Christmas he carried a sick bird into his house, where it died, perhaps in his hands. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 1950, when he was seven years old, he asked Regina if she’d buy him another, larger chess set for Christmas. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The streets are lined with tall trees dressed in Christmas garlands. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“True. She only goes home over Christmas and the summer, when Jake is there. But whatever. I don’t like home, either. But I’d never give the Eagle the satisfaction.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we do the big dinners for all the holidays. You thought this one was crazy, wait till you see the Christmas one.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had never been away from home for Christmas. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My apron, which my parents gave me for Christmas, had pastel macarons all over it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

So much for their last Christmas Eve in the brownstone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Right now I was too tired to think anymore so I closed my suitcase, put the proper knots back in the twine, crawled under the Christmas tree and wrapped myself in the blanket. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was the crowd of people all looking for someone they cared about who was on the bus and coming home for Christmas. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The silver snow on the Christmas tree had been tracked over the floors and two of the ornaments were broken. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And how, on Christmas Eve, could he possibly be better than Santa? Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The first time it happened was over Christmas break at the Olive Garden, which was the last time we ate at a restaurant as a family. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But that Christmas he had used his sweep-up money to buy us presents, and he was so proud. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The night before Christmas and all through the house I am Adah who expects no gifts, Adah who does not need or care what others say. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when you’ve recently turned fifteen without a birthday cake, it’s hard to be that mature about Christmas. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as small as the lights Celia used to decorate the Christmas tree, but it shone valiantly and softened what would otherwise have been complete darkness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after him, they had this Christmas thing they have at Radio City every year. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As he read he could take the little globe that Janie and Bill had given him the Christmas before, and search out the exact spot he was reading about. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe we wouldn't be here now, and I would be in California in her parents' orange-walled living room, sipping hot chocolate by the Christmas tree. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It's hard to feel very festive on Christmas when our family has lost two loved ones on the holiday. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At Gibbs Elementary School, the Monday morning before Christmas, all the students in grades one through six were excited with talk of the Christmas play. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Tradition can be a dirty word, especially around Christmas. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It would be fun at first, but I knew they wouldn't be giving me a gift until Christmas. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But after the weekend when I got home, I was glad to see that Christmas seemed to be coming on in the usual way. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a voice Sophie had heard many times on radio and television, especially on Christmas Day. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had received a special chemistry set last Christmas. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The rest of the year, I wondered if the point of Christmas was just spending money and getting fat and opening gifts. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The scent of Christmas Night was enfolding me now and I saw her face draw closer, her eyes widening. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas break starts tomorrow, so I guess they’re ready to get the day over with. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We received your message and enclose your Christmas present. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You’ll form small groups and work to create a center focused on a certain holiday. It might be Christmas, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I guess the Bing Crosby Christmas special wasn’t over yet. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

At Christmas, there was another party—dancing, singing, three marriages. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

So he went to the coast and sent Christmas cards. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Granddaddy called, I was sulking in my room and knitting yet another sock in the endless series of Christmas socks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We had been to Rockefeller Plaza, where we saw a huge decorated Christmas tree, statues of angels, and the people ice-skating. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess,” I said, because I had not seen Luke since Christmas vacation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When I was eight, Dad gave me a stack of fairy-tale books for Christmas. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

We cross the bridge, which is now lit by white Christmas lights strung up throughout the courtyard. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve, there’s abundant basting, boiling, browning, braising, and more baking, then the evening is spent at the Coopers’ drinking spiked eggnog and having a massive Uno tournament. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was Penelope herself who liked getting presents on Christmas morning, or if not presents, then at least a present. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The nice white tablecloth we used for Thanksgiving and Christmas was laid out. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. I used to buy our Christmas trees from you. Michael Taylor. What can I do for you, Mr. Swinyard?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The boy wondered if they knew it was Christmas. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if today, which was nothing but the Friday before Christmas, had gone running ahead over the calendar, and it was already Christmas Day. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The school nurse told me that once: “James Madison was just in, before you,” she said, grinning like her news was a Christmas puppy, “and you weigh the exact same!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I, for one, was glad for the Christmas break and that we wouldn’t return to school until after the New Year had begun. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Done with all of the Christmas music, wreaths, ornaments and happy holiday shoppers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In keeping with tradition, I was to have Christmas Day free from work. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Trelawney behaved almost normally until the very end of Christmas dinner, two hours later. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When we left the kitchenware store, Dad asked, “What would you like to get your mother for Christmas?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He offered me a Christmas cookie from a batch his father had sent him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For her we make the familiar paper objects, the pumpkins, the Christmas bells, but she has us do other things too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he never gave me a birthday present or a Christmas present. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And the kids who are Jewish are usually only half, so all it means is that they have a menorah alongside their Christmas trees. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t believe this would be the last Christmas they would spend here. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Just because he could write “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukkah” with loopy swirls. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he examined the girls like they were Christmas presents, which made Percy grit his teeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it’s theirs, and they’ve gone away for Christmas?” said Hermione, peering through the window at a neat little kitchen with geraniums on the windowsill. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“This whole week, Mama would have been making gingerbread, and all the desserts for Christmas Eve.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I got a new pair of kicks for Christmas, and they’re already starting to wear down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He brightened at this bit of news, like a bulb all lit up for Christmas. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You are a terrible, grouchy, horrible person. You are mean to Miss Josie and Mr. Jeet. You are making us move for no reason. And now you are ruining our last Christmas here.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“No, she isn’t! We were there last Christmas! They had a tree and everything!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The cookies were in a red Christmas tin with a green wreath on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Aru watched as a redheaded girl reached for the Christmas tree. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Christmas morning, Ford jumps right on my head. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I remember that Christmas because it was the first time my brother had used money that he had earned himself to buy us our Christmas gifts. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He had spoken to me at the corn husking, and again at Christmas. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope Daddy does roll through for Christmas.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Rocky had been staring at him, but with the mention of Christmas he started crying and kicking the leg of the table. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The moment it happened, when I first realized how magical movie scores can be, was around Christmas last year. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Dress robes will be worn,” Professor McGonagall continued, “and the ball will start at eight o’clock on Christmas Day, finishing at midnight in the Great Hall. Now then —” Professor McGonagall stared deliberately around the class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Last Christmas, he couldn’t keep himself from asking if I’d liked the desk organizer Momma sent. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Remember when we were children,” said Francie, who had just finished being thirteen, “how we used to smell if Christmas was coming?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Happy tourists walk away festooned in silver and gold, their new jewelry jingling like Christmas bells with every step. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve was also a time when the children could tease their father and know there would be no sudden explosion or descent into fury. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed several houses filled with Christmas carols: “joy to the World” and “I Saw Three Ships” and “The First Noel.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food I eat is Afghan, the music we listen to is Afghan, the gift-filled holiday I look forward to is Eid, not Christmas or Hanukkah. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad got me a doll for Christmas. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Vega had just sent me another message, telling me he had got some new boots for Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Monique smiled sleepily and said, “Merry Christmas, my babies. Did you see the snow?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was no solution from Elizebeth before Christmas, Andresen felt “bound” to give the tiger skin to his wife instead. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, It’s Christmas Eve and Papa’s not coming home to stay. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talked endlessly about Kudos, our Christmas Eve celebration. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They had children, who called him Papa and for whom at Christmas he bought electric trains. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I walk over to where my few belongings have been delivered and placed by my bed, then take out my Christmas ornament and Dad’s painting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Amaka wore the same bright red lipstick as her mother; it made her teeth seem whiter when she smiled and said, “Merry Christmas.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They hid behind their wall of cypresses and at Christmas put up a Santa Claus along with lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And perhaps not too many people buy plants for Christmas, because the store was quiet and nearly empty. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Steve came back to my bedroom, where Vega was shaking the big Christmas gift that had been sitting on Jermaine’s bed the past week—a gift that I had hoped had come from Jermaine. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

See, she used to call me every Christmas and tell me to come and pick up my rock. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was six months after my best friend, Bluford Jackson, got firecrackers for Christmas and burned his hand on one and died of lockjaw ten days later. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My generator will soon be out of gas anyway—and I can hide my acquired assets in the attic behind the boxes of Christmas ornaments. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He said that he couldn’t bear to think of them spending a lonely, desolate Christmas in England. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Christmas break, and she was flying off to Cleveland to visit relatives. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Above the pulpit hung a battered Christmas bell, the accordion sort that collapses. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hits her so hard that some teeth fly out of her mouth and land at the base of the boy’s Christmas tree, but the boy knows better than to speak up. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

By that time, Charlie refused to take them down because it was already closer to next Christmas than it was from last. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Will Mom and Dad be able to stop fighting long enough for us to enjoy Christmas, or any holiday, together? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Merry Christmas Eve, Jones," I finally say, wanting the conversation to end. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

All right he’ll go to England after Christmas because America is in the war now and the cause must be just. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I have to just keep thinking of putting one foot in front of the other, as the old claymation Christmas special recommended. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was the best evening of Harry’s life, better than winning at Quidditch, or Christmas, or knocking out mountain trolls ... he would never, ever forget tonight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m not here to be thanked, Father. I was just bringing you a lousy Christmas card.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Diamondstein were flying up from Florida to celebrate Christmas with the Potters and would be our first paying guests. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now Henry watched Naomi as she took the laundry down from the line, admiring how her body moved under the thin yellow dress, the dress she’d made from his Christmas gift. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gruwell once said that “Timing is everything!” and her death couldn’t have come at a worse possible time: during my senior year, a week before Christmas, and a few months before graduation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Lady Seymour presented me with a new pair of black leather shoes that did not pinch any of my toes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the von Braun photo and letter to school the first day back after Christmas. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth didn’t want to reveal her real plan for the Beiderman—it was top secret—so instead she made a Christmas wreath with cardboard and tissue paper. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And I entertained myself by trying to picture what he might get for Christmas. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It had been Christmas, and they had gone to live in the hotel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I was saving them for Christmas,” she said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He put Massari through a short improv—told him that he had come downstairs on Christmas morning looking for a special gift he had requested. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

That head: Bald for most of its surface, trimmed at bottom with a tangled white beard, it resembled an ivory Christmas ball resting on a bed of excelsior. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At last, he extricated himself from Romilda Vane, who was hinting heavily that she would like to go to Slughorn’s Christmas party with him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When I was ten, I asked Mom if she would give me a sister for Christmas. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s cool. Kinda nice to have someone else here. Merry Christmas, by the way.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He flashed his crooked smile, then said, “I lit up like a Christmas tree, Hazel Grace. The lining of my chest, my left hip, my liver, everywhere.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

—You know how they say that kids who are bad won’t get any Christmas presents and will only get a rock in their stockin’? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought if she could get through the next day or so, she would be all right because of the Christmas break. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friends, 1 can only wish you a very Merry Christmas, and, after Father Sidebottom has said our Grace for us, we shall conclude with a singin’ of the National Anthem.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking, with Christmas coming, maybe I could work there and earn money,” I tell her. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There is a good example of this in an episode of Sesame Street called “Roy” that ran on Christmas Eve in 1997. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think she should. It’s Christmas Eve dinner,” Oliver reminded her, perhaps unwisely. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For our annual Christmas card, we used one of the rejects from last year’s photo shoot. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

For dessert, there was rice pudding and pepper cookies, which her mom only ever made on Christmas. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“This is your Christmas present,” said Francie, “and it goes in a box.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there, a house off the side of the highway lit up in a glowing motley of Christmas lights. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

One of my first tasks at the store is to help decorate for Christmas. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We left the meeting and agreed to meet once again before the Christmas break to make sure everything was in order. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z