CHRISTMAS in Classic Quotes

1  I didn't want to take her Christmas dough.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 23

2  It didn't seem at all like Christmas was coming soon.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 16

3  After the Christmas thing was over, the goddam picture started.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 18

4  The Christmas before last I took her downtown shopping with me.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 25

5  This ghost comes in on Christmas Eve and asks me if I'm ashamed and everything.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 21

6  It was Monday and all, and pretty near Christmas, and all the stores were open.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 25

7  Then, after him, they had this Christmas thing they have at Radio City every year.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 18

8  He had the grippe, and I figured I probably wouldn't see him again till Christmas vacation started.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 1

9  While I was walking, I passed these two guys that were unloading this big Christmas tree off a truck.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 25

10  Almost every damn school in the world gets out earlier for Christmas vacation than the schools I go to.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 12

11  "Ernest wrote that he'd be home on Wednesday, that Christmas vacation would start on Wednesday," she said.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 8

12  I wasn't supposed to come back after Christmas vacation on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 1

13  The one right next to me had one of those straw baskets that you see nuns and Salvation Army babes collecting dough with around Christmas time.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 15

14  I decided I'd just see old Phoebe and sort of say good-by to her and all, and give her back her Christmas dough, and then I'd start hitchhiking my way out West.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 25

15  I'll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty run-down and had to come out here and take it easy.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 1

16  I would have walked down to their house, because I didn't want to spend any of Phoebe's Christmas dough that I didn't have to, but I felt funny when I got outside.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 24

17  I figured I'd write her a note telling her where to meet me so I could say good-by to her and give her back her Christmas dough, and then I'd take the note up to her school and get somebody in the principal's office to give it to her.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 25