Which preposition to use with christmas

in Occurrences 105%

He had to be bribed with tobacco and a new half-dollar to go home and keep Christmas in the bosom of his family.

with Occurrences 42%

In December, the principal household duty lies in preparing for the creature comforts of those near and dear to us, so as to meet old Christmas with a happy face, a contented mind, and a full larder; and in stoning the plums, washing the currants, cutting the citron, beating the eggs, and MIXING THE PUDDING, a housewife is not unworthily greeting the genial season of all good things.

at Occurrences 33%

Christmas was merry Christmas at the old family mansion in Fishkill.

to Occurrences 30%

This, they are to understand, implies their Employer's hearty wish of a Merry Christmas to them; and is a sign that, in the grand spirit of the festal season, he can even forget and forgive those unnatural leaner entry-clerks who are always whining for more than their allotted $7 a week.

of Occurrences 24%

The sight of the reckless and prosperous diggers who came down to Melbourne to spend the Christmas of 1851, and who flung their gold about recklessly, was too much for the feelings of the civilians.

before Occurrences 12%

Pearl wore her best brown silk dress, with a lace collar and cuff set contributed the Christmas before by her Aunt Kate from Ontario, and at her waist, one of the doctor's roses.

for Occurrences 8%

Byron, in wishing Moore from Ravenna a merry Christmas for 1820, proposes that they shall embark together in a newspaper, "with some improvement on the plan of the present scoundrels," "to give the age some new lights on policy, poesy, biography, criticism, morality, theology," &c. Moore absolutely refusing to entertain the idea, Hunt's name was brought forward in connexion with it, during tho visit of Shelley.

without Occurrences 6%

I couldn't face a Christmas without you.

on Occurrences 6%

They spent a happy Christmas on the ship.

by Occurrences 5%

They had been given to him and Angy last Christmas by all the sisters.

from Occurrences 4%

"It's been a different sort of Christmas from what we planned," observed the Colonel, not quite as gaily as you might expect.

among Occurrences 4%

But there is no Christmas among the Christan feasts enumerated by Tertullian ([died] 220), Origen (185-254), and the recently published Testament of Jesus Christ.

as Occurrences 4%

Elder Brewster himself had been a rising young diplomat in the court of Elizabeth, in the days when the Lord Keeper of the Seals led the revels of Christmas as Lord of Misrule.

than Occurrences 2%

I cannot remember a happier Christmas than ours has been, and I am sure nobody can remember a milder or brighter Christmas sky.

after Occurrences 2%

Before emancipation, martial law invariably prevailed on the holidays, but the very first Christmas after emancipation, the Governor made a proclamation stating that in consequence of the abolition of slavery it was no longer necessary to resort to such a precaution.

between Occurrences 2%

Finally the fraternizations last Christmas between the opposing lines in Northern France almost threatened at one time to dissolve all the proprieties of official warfare.

over Occurrences 1%

But in retirement he was no longer the same person, and I do not think that the elements of human nature could have furnished forth a more amiable character than Sir William Devereux, presiding at Christmas over the merriment of his great hall.

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