Merry arrived seven years after her mother had her first child and she was quite a Christmas gift.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Our first Christmas here, we were really upset that we weren't able to go home and see family during Christmas time.

我们在这儿过的第一个圣诞节真的很失望，在圣诞节期间我们回不了家，也见不到家人。

第一次来纽约 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And so that's how we spent our first Christmas here,

我们就是这样在这儿度过我们的第一个圣诞节的。

第一次来纽约 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"Well,first we go to church, then we come home on Christmas Eve and then we open our presents.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

After Christmas, black families in the United States might also celebrate Kwanzaa, which means "first fruits" in Swahili.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Jackson says in the first few days of the Olympics his business has sold almost three times the merchandise as at Christmas.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17