Christmas came early

English Pronunciation en /ˌkɹɪsməs keɪm ˈɜːli/ RP en /ˌkɹɪsməs keɪm ˈɜɹli/ GA en Christ mas came early Phrase phr ~came:come en Christmas come early. en 28 December 1998 4 January 1999 Christmas Comes Early for Hit Singer Deborah Cox Robert E[dward] Johnson Jet Chicago, Ill. w:Johnson Publishing Company 95 5 55 https://books.google.com/books?id=9sMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 0021-5996 671797918 Sultry songbird Deborah Cox says Christmas came early for her this year and all of her wishes have already come true. The talented songstress is riding the charts with her second hit album, One Wish with the smash ballad Nobody's Supposed To Be Here. en 2007 Robert Lynch Italian Mountain Campaign A Letter Marked Free: A Powerful and Gripping Account of a Combat Soldier in WWII Indianapolis, Ind. Dog Ear Publishing 51 https://archive.org/details/lettermarkedfree0000lync/page/51/mode/1up 978-1-60844-419-9 Christmas came early this year when our PX rations arrived in November. This is one day every soldier overseas looks forward to.