Definition of Christmas creep

Christmas creep    

noun - uncountable

• the phenomenon whereby the beginning of the Christmas shopping "season" beings earlier each consecutive year.
  • See more words with the same meaning: holidays (list of).

  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'holidays (list of)':
Christmahanukwanzakah	Definitions include: See Chrismahanukwanzakah.
Crimbo	Definitions include: Christmas, especially the more secular and commercial aspects.
Xmas	Definitions include: "Christmas".
holidays, the	Definitions include: all-inclusive term for the holiday season at the end of the Gregorian calendar.
Chrismahanukwanzakah	Definitions include: "the holidays".
T-Giving	Definitions include: "Thanksgiving".
Turkey Day	Definitions include: Thanksgiving.
Christmahanakwanzika	Definitions include: See Chrismahanukwanzakah.
Festivus	Definitions include: a holiday featured in a Seinfeld episode which includes the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength".

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'christmas':
call it Christmas	Definitions include: a good solution to a problem
CEM	Definitions include: a Christian who attends church only on Christmas, Easter and Mother's Day.
Christmas on a cracker	Definitions include: a general exclamation.
Jesus Christmas	Definitions include: euphemism for Jesus Christ.
Other terms relating to 'creep':
creep	Definitions include: to show interest in a member of the opposite sex by flirting or trying to be noticed.
creeper	Definitions include: a weird or disturbed person.
creep on	Definitions include: to creep up on.
creep out	Definitions include: to make someone feel uncomfortable.
creeps, the	Definitions include: n.
feature creep	Definitions include: the condition where more and more features get added to a system that it becomes difficult to use, requires more computer resources, etc.
jeepers creepers	Definitions include: used to express surprise, disbelief etc.
scope creep	Definitions include: when the scope of a project keeps expanding.

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