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lit up like a Christmas tree
lit up like a Christmas tree {adj. phr.}, {informal}
To be drunk.
On New Year's Eve Ned was lit up like a Christmas tree.
Compare: THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
Christmas club
Christmas club {n.}
A plan for putting money in the bank to be saved for Christmas shopping.
John deposits $10 each week in the Christmas club.
The woman will get her Christmas club money on December 10.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
Father Christmas
Father Christmas {n.}, {British}
The joyful spirit of Christmas; Santa Claus.
English children look forward to the visit of Father Christmas.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
doll up
doll up {v.}, {slang}
1. To dress in fine or fancy clothes.
The girls dolled up for the big school dance of the year.
The girls were all dolled up for the Christmas party.
2. To make more pretty or attractive.
The classrooms were all dolled up with Christmas decorations.
Compare: DECKED OUT.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
put on an act
put on an act {v. phr.}
1. To perform a play.
The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents.
2. To pretend.
"If you always put on an act," her father said, "people will never know who you really are."
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
in for
in for {prep.}, {informal}
Unable to avoid; sure to get.
The naughty puppy was in for a spanking.
On Christmas morning we are in for some surprises.
We saw Father looking angrily out of the broken window, and we knew we were in for it.
Compare: HAVE IT IN FOR.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
each other
each other or one another {pron.}
Each one the other; one the other.
That man and his wife love each other.
Bill and Mary gave one another Christmas presents last year.
All the children at the party were looking at one another trying to recognize one another in their masks and costumes.
The birds fought each other over the bread.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
in the air
in the air {adv. phr.}
1. In everyone's thoughts.
Christmas was in the air for weeks before.
The war filled people's thoughts every day; it was in the air.
Compare: IN THE WIND.
2. Meeting the bodily senses; surrounding you so as to be smelled or felt.
Spring is in the air.
Rain is in the air.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
alive with
alive with {prep.}, {informal}
Crowded with; filled with.
The lake was alive with fish.
The stores were alive with people the Saturday before Christmas.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
eyes pop out
eyes pop out {informal} (You) are very much surprised. — Used with a possessive noun or pronoun.
Mary's eyes popped out when her mother entered her classroom.
When Joan found a clock radio under the Christmas tree, her eyes popped out.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms