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Guides — how to use clocks, alarms and time zones

Long reads about time: alarms, sleep, time zones, daylight saving and counting days.

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Christmas lingerie

Christmas lingerie is seasonal underwear or sleepwear sold for the holiday: a private gift, a party layer under clothes, or an evening at home. Fit and consent matter more than tinsel.

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Christmas list

A Christmas list is a written set of names, gifts, or jobs for the holiday. Christmas list ideas are the entries; a list of holidays is the calendar sitting around the same season.

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Christmas market

A Christmas market is an outdoor Advent fair: stalls, food, drink, and crafts in a square or marked ground. German Weihnachtsmärkte set the pattern. Strasbourg keeps its own. Cambria’s is a California

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Christmas mugs

Christmas mugs are seasonal cups decorated with festive colors, characters, sayings, or winter patterns. Choose one by checking its material, capacity, care instructions, and intended use, then fill o

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Christmas music playlist

A Christmas music playlist is a queue of carols and holiday songs you choose to play in the season. The calendar names December. It does not press play.

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Christmas nails

Christmas nails are a manicure with holiday motifs: red, green, gold, snow, or a single festive accent. Simple Christmas nails use colour and one small detail, not a full scene on every tip.

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Christmas night before

The night before Christmas is Christmas Eve, December 24. Count sleeps as the nights still left before Christmas Day, December 25, including tonight if that day has not arrived.

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Christmas onesie

A Christmas onesie is a one-piece holiday garment, usually a hooded fleece or jersey suit with a seasonal print. Adults, children, and sometimes pets wear a matching joke to bed or to a party.

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Christmas ornaments

Christmas ornaments are the objects hung on a tree for 25 December: glass, wood, paper, or plastic. They can be store-bought, handmade, personalized, vintage, or a dated Hallmark piece. The tree is th

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Christmas outfits

Christmas outfits are clothes for the holiday: a party dress, a knit, a church suit, or a matching family look. Christmas outfits women search for are the same job in a women’s cut.

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Christmas pajamas

Christmas pajamas are sleep clothes made for 25 December: printed, matching, or just warmer than the usual pair. Family christmas pajamas are a set bought so several people look alike on the morning o

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Christmas palm

The Christmas palm is Adonidia merrillii, also called the Manila palm: a small tropical palm from the Philippines. It is named for clusters of red fruit that ripen in the cool months, not for 25 Decem

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Christmas parade

A Christmas parade is a December street procession: bands, floats, and usually Santa at the end. It is a local event with a posted route and time, not the date of the feast.

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Christmas pfp

A Christmas pfp is a holiday profile picture: the avatar you set on a social account for December. It is a costume for a screen, not a legal name change.

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Christmas photos

Christmas photos are pictures you take of the season: people, a tree, a table, a street of lights. They record 24 and 25 December. They do not change those dates.

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Christmas pictures

Christmas pictures are photographs or images of the holiday: family portraits, tree lights, nativity scenes, and cards. They record 24 and 25 December. They do not move those dates.

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Christmas pillows

Christmas pillows are seasonal cushions or covers with holiday motifs, sat on a sofa, bed, or window seat for December. They decorate the room; they do not move 25 December.

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Christmas pjs

Christmas pjs are sleep clothes worn for the holiday: matching family sets, printed nightshirts, or ordinary pajamas you keep for 24 and 25 December. They are clothes, not a public holiday.

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Christmas presents

Good Christmas presents reflect the recipient’s interests, daily life, and boundaries rather than a generic gift list. Set a comfortable budget, look for clues in recent conversations, and include an

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Christmas quotes

Christmas quotes are short lines used on cards, in toasts, or on a print: Dickens, a nativity verse, or a plain Merry Christmas. A quote is wording. It is not a date.

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Christmas rtree

Christmas rtree is a misspelling of Christmas tree: the evergreen dressed for 25 December. The extra r does not name a second holiday or a different plant.

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Christmas scene

A Christmas scene is a holiday picture you can stand in front of: a nativity, a village, a dressed room, or a photograph of those things. It is the view, not the date.

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Christmas scripture

Christmas scripture is the Bible passages Christians read for the Nativity: Luke’s shepherds, Matthew’s magi, and older lines the church hears as pointing to the birth.

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Christmas shirts

Christmas shirts are seasonal tops — slogan tees, matching family prints, tartan, Santa hats on cotton — worn as a holiday uniform. They are clothes, not costumes with a character name.

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