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Meaning: (chieflyIreland,UK,idiomatic)Something verydelightfulorfortunatethat ishappeningor has happened, especiallyearlierthanexpected.1982,Tim Kelly,Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch: Or, A Page from the Book of Life[…], Schulenburg, Tex.: I. E. Clark Publications,→ISBN, Act I,page20:It is true, Ma? Is it true? A Thanksgiving basket?[…]It's likeChristmas come early![She joins her sisters at the table. All three sisters sit, stare hungrily at the basket]1993November 16,Sherrod Brown, “Opposition to NAFTA”, inCongressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 103d Congress, First Session(United States House of Representatives), volume139, part 10, Washington, D.C.:United States Government Printing Office,→ISSN,→OCLC,page29312, column 3:It isChristmas come early, unfortunately for Members of Congress, unfortunately for those who are willing to sell out their vote for their districts, for something in their districts. It might beChristmas come earlyfor those Members of Congress, but it is not Christmas for the American people.1996,Ivan Doig,Bucking the Sun, New York, N.Y.:Scribner, published2003,→ISBN,page122:"If this gets any better," Sangster confessed, "I won't be able to stand it." October, so far, had beenChristmas come earlyfor the engineers.[1998December 28 –1999January 4, “Christmas Comes Early for Hit Singer Deborah Cox”, inRobert E[dward] Johnson, editor,Jet, volume95, number 5, Chicago, Ill.:Johnson Publishing Company,→ISSN,→OCLC,page55:Sultry songbirdDeborah CoxsaysChristmas came earlyfor her this year and all of her wishes have already come true. The talented songstress is riding the charts with her second hit album,One Wishwith the smash balladNobody's Supposed To Be Here.]2003,Ivan Doig,Prairie Nocturne, New York, N.Y.:Scribner,→ISBN,page188:Christmas come early, that sounds like to me.2004,Sean Astin, with Joe Layden, chapter 9, inThere and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale, New York, N.Y.:St. Martin’s Press,→ISBN,page169:So to be inPeter Jackson's house, just a couple of weeks before shooting was scheduled to begin, sharing dinner and conversation withIan McKellen, well, that was likeChristmas coming earlyfor me.[2007, Robert Lynch, “Italian Mountain Campaign”, inA Letter Marked Free: A Powerful and Gripping Account of a Combat Soldier in WWII, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dog Ear Publishing,→ISBN,page51:Christmas came earlythis year when our PX rations arrived in November. This is one day every soldier overseas looks forward to.][2022October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House of the DragonDrops Its Best Episode Yet”, inThe A.V. Club[1], archived fromthe originalon19 June 2025:Then he[Viserys I Targaryen]turns to Rhaenys, who, he reasonably argues, is the best authority on what her husband would want. AndChristmas comes earlyforRhaenyra, because not only has her dad come out to support her family, but her aunt also backs Luke[Lucerys Velaryon]'s claim—and accepts her niece's offer of a Targaryen-Velaryon double wedding.]
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