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Christmas creep

Christmas creep noun: the inexorable tendency for the commercial aspects of Christmas to appear earlier every year.

Noun

Christmas creep (uncountable)

  1. The inexorable tendency for the commercial aspects of Christmas to appear earlier every year.

Origin of Christmas creep

Christmas + creep

Questions about Christmas creep

What does Christmas creep mean?
Christmas creep means the inexorable tendency for the commercial aspects of Christmas to appear earlier every year.
What part of speech is Christmas creep?
Christmas creep is a noun.

Words near Christmas creep in the dictionary

  1. Christmas Common
  2. Christmas cookie
  3. Christmas cookies
  4. Christmas cracker
  5. Christmas crackers
  6. Christmas creep
  7. Christmas Day
  8. Christmas Days
  9. Christmas dinner
  10. Christmas dinners
  11. Christmas disease

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