Old Christmas
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Old Christmas is a 19th-century collection of essays and stories by Washington Irving that nostalgically portrays traditional English Christmas customs and festivities.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Christmas canonical | 3 |
| Old Christmas (sketches by Washington Irving) | 1 |
| Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3938663 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Christmas Context triple: [Squire Bracebridge, appearsIn, Old Christmas]
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A.
This Christmas
"This Christmas" is a 2007 ensemble holiday comedy-drama film centered on a family's eventful Christmas reunion, featuring an all-star cast including Idris Elba, Regina King, and Chris Brown.
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B.
One Christmas
One Christmas is a 1994 television film adaptation of a Truman Capote short story, starring Henry Winkler and Katharine Hepburn in a Depression-era coming-of-age tale.
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C.
Christmastide
Christmastide is the Christian liturgical season that celebrates the birth of Jesus and extends from Christmas through the days that follow, traditionally up to Epiphany or the Baptism of the Lord.
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D.
Waiting for Christmas
"Waiting for Christmas" is a holiday-themed R&B song by John Legend from his festive album "A Legendary Christmas."
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E.
Almost Christmas
Almost Christmas is a 2016 ensemble holiday comedy-drama film about a dysfunctional family reuniting for their first Christmas after the matriarch’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Christmas Target entity description: Old Christmas is a 19th-century collection of essays and stories by Washington Irving that nostalgically portrays traditional English Christmas customs and festivities.
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A.
This Christmas
"This Christmas" is a 2007 ensemble holiday comedy-drama film centered on a family's eventful Christmas reunion, featuring an all-star cast including Idris Elba, Regina King, and Chris Brown.
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B.
One Christmas
One Christmas is a 1994 television film adaptation of a Truman Capote short story, starring Henry Winkler and Katharine Hepburn in a Depression-era coming-of-age tale.
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C.
Christmastide
Christmastide is the Christian liturgical season that celebrates the birth of Jesus and extends from Christmas through the days that follow, traditionally up to Epiphany or the Baptism of the Lord.
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D.
Waiting for Christmas
"Waiting for Christmas" is a holiday-themed R&B song by John Legend from his festive album "A Legendary Christmas."
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E.
Almost Christmas
Almost Christmas is a 2016 ensemble holiday comedy-drama film about a dysfunctional family reuniting for their first Christmas after the matriarch’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Washington Irving ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
Christmas literature
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holiday fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Geoffrey Crayon
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Squire Bracebridge ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Randolph Caldecott ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Christmas
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English culture ⓘ folklore ⓘ social customs ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of Christmas in American literature ⓘ |
| isAbout | revival of old English Christmas customs ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
essays
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stories ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Christmas celebrations in an English country house
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Christmas church services ⓘ Christmas feasting ⓘ Yuletide traditions ⓘ old-fashioned Christmas games ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
family gatherings
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festivity ⓘ hospitality ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ rural life ⓘ traditional English Christmas customs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Christmas Description of subject: Old Christmas is a 19th-century collection of essays and stories by Washington Irving that nostalgically portrays traditional English Christmas customs and festivities.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
this entity surface form:
Old Christmas (sketches by Washington Irving)