Sentence examples for customary christmas from inspiring English sources
New measures being studied include a raise in taxes on goods and an increase in working hours and the scrapping of a customary Christmas payment for civil servants.
Another neighbor, Richard Bonis, said that he knew something was wrong when the Zuricks skipped the customary Christmas lights display outside their home and welcomed the holidays in a more modest fashion.
That placed no small burden on the frail nonagenarian, who spent six weeks in the hospital last spring with a staph infection, and who did not deliver his customary Christmas address on the Senate floor this year.
Those German-American Jews, we are told, "ate customary Christmas foods, particularly sweets like stollen, lebkuchen and pfefferkuc (although they prepared the treats with butter instead of lard)." He explains that "Jews flock to Chinese restaurants on Christmas not only because they are open while other restaurants are closed but also because Jews regard eating Chinese food as a special occasion".
President Obama and his wife, Michelle, made their customary Christmas visit to greet troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, offering thanks and encouragement to some 580 service members before spending the evening at home with friends and family.
He holds down his customary Christmas-week engagement at the Village Vanguard, with his longtime bassist, David Williams, and an astute younger drummer, Willie Jones III.
The "must-have" toy for Christmas has been announced, as is only customary in July.
(Commercial yeasts are customary).
