Sentence examples for given as christmas from inspiring English sources

In the mid-19th century, imported oranges were a luxury, sometimes given as Christmas presents, so the wrappers were opulent.

It's not the first time Ikea has dabbled in miniatures; teeny tiny versions of its bestselling Ivar shelves were given as Christmas presents to employees back in 1997.

Finally, the committee appeared to have discounted Mr. Torricelli's contention that he was not responsible for expensive earrings that Mr. Chang had given as Christmas gifts to his sister, Ms. Stern and Ms. Balaban.

Many thousands of chickens – or at least promises of chickens – were given as Christmas presents this year, and Annie Stone, of High Green, Worcestershire, and her family were among the lucky recipients of "chicken vouchers", which will be redeemed later in the spring.

In the days immediately following Christmas, there is typically a rush of people returning smaller items, ranging from toys to mobile phones, that were given as Christmas gifts.

As a box of toys, particularly a new one given as a present at Christmas time, causes a great deal of noise to be made.

He added: "Giving at Christmas reflects that generosity of God.

Our book tells the story behind the publication of the handwritten, hand-illustrated original manuscript, Alice's Adventures Underground, which Lewis Carroll gave as an early Christmas present to our relative Alice Liddell in 1864.

It's been five years since my daughter and I self-published The Real Alice in Wonderland, a book which tells the actual story behind the publication of the handwritten, hand illustrated original manuscript, Alice's Adventures Underground, which Lewis Carroll gave as an early Christmas present to our relative Alice Liddell in 1864.

Where the licentious taking from so many #MeToo's confronts the gratuitous giving of Christmas-as-commerce, we have many reasons to heed the lyrical imperatives: peace on earth, good will toward men- and women.

The only problem this Christmas is going to be deciding which books to give as there is such an excellent choice around.