40 ways to Christmas

[angelsrolls]

I've been saying this 40 ways to Christmas, but you don't seem to want to get it through your head.

What does "40 ways to Christmas" mean?

Thanks for the answers.

 

[BobK]

What is the context? Is it a lyric? It makes no sense to me, but song lyrics often don't.

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[angelsrolls]

What is the context? Is it a lyric? It makes no sense to me, but song lyrics often don't.

b

No. It's a dialog from a movie. This director is angry with an actor -for he is mumbling during the reahersal.

I guess it means "I've been saying this many times", but I'm not sure. And, of course, I wonder what's that got to do with "Christmas".

 

[Tdol]

It's not a standard phrase that I have come across, but your interpretation makes sense in the context you have given.

 

[BobK]

I guess it might be a play on the marketing phrase '[only] N [shopping] days to Christmas'...? (If so, it's not a very successful play. Anyway, I think your interpretation is right. ;-))

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