Christmas shopping

In preparation for Christmas, Christmas shopping was shopping for Christmas presents. Before the holiday, Oxford Street in London was full of people battling over who'd get what. (PROSE: Christmas Special) It so busy on Oxford Street a week before Christmas that one could barely move. (PROSE: History 101)

In 1998, the time-active children's toy Parablox was released during the Christmas shopping season. The Great Houses excised it from the timeline shortly after Christmas. (PROSE: The Book of the War)