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American advertisers began using Christmas in July themes in print for summertime sales as early as 1950. [11] In the United States, it is more often used as a marketing tool than an actual holiday. Television stations may choose to re-run Christmas specials, and many stores have Christmas in July sales.
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The smell of pine, the taste of peppermint, the all-knowing eyes of the 40 nutcrackers in my collection—I wait all year for the day after Thanksgiving, where I can freely bust out my Christmas ...
Xmas is an abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in the Greek Χριστός (Christ), although some style guides discourage its use. [12] This abbreviation has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where Χρ̄ is another abbreviation of the Greek word). [11]
Some states restrict certain business activities on some holidays. [10] Business closures are mandated on a few holidays in some states for certain kinds of businesses by blue laws. For example, businesses that operate on more than 5,000 square feet (460 m 2) cannot open on Thanksgiving in some New England states.
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (titled on-screen as Rudolph and Frosty: Christmas in July) is an American–Japanese Christmas/Independence Day film produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, featuring characters from the company's holiday specials Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and Frosty the Snowman (1969), among others. [1]
Christmas in July is a 1940 American screwball comedy [2] film written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Dick Powell and Ellen Drew.. Based on Sturges' unproduced 1931 play A Cup of Coffee, it follows an ambitious clerk who is tricked into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest for a coffee company, and begins using his believed winnings to fulfill his dreams.
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