Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Christmas"

A: The previous Christmas, Santa Claus was wearing a t-shirt and shorts while loading up toys and goodies into his sleigh

A: hyped for ~ = excited for ~, looking forwards to ~

hyped for Christmas = クリスマスを楽しみに待っている

A: Christmas is close and the family is getting really excited.

A: My dad says he hears down in the dumps more than down in the pits it means the same thing!

A: "Trying to go over Christmas" would be present tense because I'm doing it now.

But the events you are going over could be from any time.

Are you sure it was "go over" rather than "get over"? It could be either.

A: I love to eat Christmas chocolate while doing puzzles

Getting Christmas chocolates during the holidays is special

My favourite Christmas chocolates have brandy / liquor in them

My grandmother used to hang pretty Christmas chocolates on the Christmas tree as decorations and it was always a treat to eat them

A: -On Christmas Day, we open our Christmas presents in the UK.
-We hardly ever have snow on Christmas Day.
-We have lots of special programmes on the telly on Christmas Day.

A: “ Happy Christmas warmly happy family” it is true ?

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A: Xmas is only used in an online setting. But Christmas can be used for online and in real life.

A: normally you use it when its not close to Christmas also same with other celebrations

A: There's no difference :D

A: it is mostly the same, but at Christmas could include some days before and some days after christmas

A: Xmas is an informal way of saying Christmas. ^_^

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A: 'How was your Christmas?' is appropriate if talking about one certain Christmas.

But if your pertaining to more than one occasion, it is better to use this(for example):
'How were your Christmases during those years?'

A: There you go

A: "This Christmas, only ask for gifts that you need."

or

"This Christmas, only request gifts that you need."

A: Merry Christmas

A: You can pronounce it like this

A: × A book published in the 18th century that was instrumental in making today’s set of celebration on Christmas day.
✓ A book published in the 18th century that was instrumental in the formation of how we cerebrate Christmas today.

× The protagonist of the book is a nasty and mean guy called Scrooge.
✓ The protagonist of the book was a nasty and mean guy called Scrooge. (the rest of your retelling is in the past tense, so you should stick with that here)

× One day, a ghost of his former colleague visited him worrying about Scrooge’s fate befalling him in the future because of his greedy and self-serving life.
✓ One day, a ghost of his former colleague visited him, worried about the fate that would befall Scrooge because of his greedy and self-serving life.

× Going through the three visits, Scrooge realised his faults and became determined to honour and celebrate Christmas day since then.
✓ Through the three visits, Scrooge came to realise his faults and became determined to honour and celebrate Christmas day ever since.

× It is said that current habits on Christmas day have been influenced by this book a lot.
✓ It is said that many of our current habits on Christmas day are heavily influenced by this book.

No actual mistakes here, just slightly unnatural wording.

A: "On Christmas" implies you are talking about Christmas Day specifically (December 25).

Example: "On Christmas [Day] we celebrate by opening presents" (often "Day" is included, but not always)

"At Christmas" implies you are talking more generally about the Christmas holiday season (not only December 25). It can also sometimes refer to a particular event that occurred on Christmas (e.g. "at Christmas dinner").

Example: "Our family usually sings carols at Christmas"

A: “At Christmas” means around the time of Christmas, so it could mean even a week before the actual day.

“On Christmas” can only mean Christmas Day.

A: Yes