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Christmas Adam
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English
Etymology
Reinterpreting en eve Eve evening or day before (another day) as the name Eve, and referencing how, in Genesis, Adam came before Eve.
Proper noun
en humorous The day before Christmas Eve.
en 2012-03-06 Michelle Duggar Jim Bob Duggar A Love That Multiplies: An Up-Close View of How They Make It Work Simon and Schuster 9781439190630 53 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
en 2017-12-01 Regina Scott His Frontier Christmas Family Harlequin 9781488017964 "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 all right?” James leaned on the counter
en 2023-08-22 Regina Walker Miracle Inn Regina Walker " to the games on Christmas Adam." Layla's eyes popped open, and she counted in her head. "That's in two days. I haven't done the shopping for the games that are already on my list. Gracious." She sliced the turkey breast
en Christmas
en eponyms