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Proverb: Christmas comes but once a year
Oh, we are getting so close to Christmas.
Can you believe it’s only eight days until the big guy arrives?
Christmas comes but once a year, so it’s a great excuse to eat, drink and be merry.
This time of year does things to people.
If they are usually grumpy, they may smile; if they are often in a good mood, everything becomes elevated to ecstatic.
Yes, Christmas comes but once a year is a proverb that can have many meanings and be used in many situations.
It’s most often used as an excuse for doing something you wouldn’t normally do.
We all tend to splurge a little during the holidays.
We often purchase things that, at other times of the year, we would say was a waste of money.
Then, of course, there’s the drink and the food.
Oh, the food!
I remember visiting our relatives’ houses as a kid during Christmas and being amazed at all the junk food they laid out for us.
There were pretzels, candy canes, Christmas chocolate, potato chips, gingerbread men, muffins, chocolate cake, pound cake, fruit cake, and cupcakes.
Christmas comes but once a year is a proverb with many meanings. It’s often used as an excuse for doing things you normally wouldn’t.
Then there were the drinks: hot chocolate, Pepsi, Coke, Dr. Pepper, 7UP, Ginger ale and Orange Crush.
Because I’m from Newfoundland, there was also Purity Syrup!
Notice that none of this includes the main course!
Christmas comes but once a year is entirely accurate.
The greatest thing about Christmas, though, is that it is not one but twelve days long!
Kids get about two weeks’ holiday, during which time they do nothing but play, eat and get presents.
Christmas comes, but once a year, and thank God it does!
If there were more than one Christmas a year, we’d never make it past our twelfth birthday.
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