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Christmas Adam

Christmas Adam proper noun: the day before Christmas Eve.

Proper noun

Christmas Adam

  1. (humorous) The day before Christmas Eve.
    • Bob ended up at the discount store on “Christmas Adam,” buying just with creative recipes! about every Nerf gun the store had, plus a shopping cart full of other fun surprises. The evening before, the children had participated in a Christmas music pageant […]2012 March 6, Michelle Duggar, Jim Bob Duggar, A Love That Multiplies: An Up-Close View of How They Make It Work, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 53
    • "Happy Christmas Adam," James greeted him. [...] It was a family custom to call the twenty-third of December Christmas Adam, because it was the day before Christmas Eve, and Adam had come before Eve. Levi nodded to James now, glancing around again. “Happy Christmas Adam to you, too. Is everything...2017 December 1, Regina Scott, His Frontier Christmas Family, Harlequin, →ISBN

Examples of Christmas Adam in a sentence

  • "Happy Christmas Adam," James greeted him. [...] It was a family custom to call the twenty-third of December Christmas Adam, because it was the day before Christmas Eve, and Adam had come before Eve.2017 December 1, Regina Scott, His Frontier Christmas Family, Harlequin, →ISBN:
  • "[…] to the games on Christmas Adam." Layla's eyes popped open, and she counted in her head.2023 August 22, Regina Walker, Miracle Inn, Regina Walker:

Origin of Christmas Adam

Reinterpreting Eve (“evening or day before (another day)”) as the name Eve, and referencing how, in Genesis, Adam came before Eve.

Questions about Christmas Adam

What does Christmas Adam mean?
Christmas Adam means the day before Christmas Eve.
How do you use Christmas Adam in a sentence?
"Happy Christmas Adam," James greeted him. [...] It was a family custom to call the twenty-third of December Christmas Adam, because it was the day before Christmas Eve, and Adam had come before Eve.
What part of speech is Christmas Adam?
Christmas Adam is a proper noun.

Words near Christmas Adam in the dictionary

  1. Christman
  2. Christmann
  3. Christmanns
  4. Christmans
  5. Christmas
  6. Christmas Adam
  7. Christmas and Easter Christian
  8. Christmas and Easter Christians
  9. Christmas beetle
  10. Christmas beetles
  11. Christmas bells

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