I think that your textbook is too prescriptive, because your first sentence is really OK. The point that they wish to make is that 'Christmas' is a holiday period, so we would more often say ' at/during Christmas'.

He visited them on Christmas. He visited them on Christmas Day. according to my understanding to christmas and my oxford dictionary. Christmas get the same meaning with Christmas Day. But how come my textbook says the first sentence is wrong.u

Thank you for your letter. I received it last week. Sorry I didn't reply it you before, but I've been very busy. It's Christmas soon, and everybody are very exciting. In two weeks I am with you in California. I can't believe it. I

I'll do it. Some have more than one meaning. If that is the case, I made a guess as to which meaning is most common or the one that I think you want. Out of context, it's impossible to be sure. 1. Shaken up. Discombobulated. I was

I just knew it. No sooner than I licked one problem that another comes up: I'm on page 70 and totally out of steam. I want 80 full pages. Has to be that in order to qualify for a feature length script. What's wrong? Well you could give a

Ha, I just found out this: Usually good teachers got assigned to a class of good students. But these forums are such a contradiction to this "(what word to put here?)" where so many good teachers guide a lot of "bad" students.

In general, 'carnival' is just another word for 'festival'. The main differences, I would say, are these: A festival commonly lasts for only one day, but a carnival can last a week or more; a carnival is more associated with

(a) The Christians / Christians are celebrating Christmas. okay (b) They are celebrating a Christmas day. They are celebrating Christmas Day.

Can I say, (a) The Christians / Christians are celebrating Christmas. (b) They are celebrating a Christmas day.

I read that Peter Watkins' film "Privilege" has been released on DVD. It got *very* limited release when it was made, and practtically no air play. Well worth seeing out. A prescient film for its time.