[Grammar] When Christmas is three days away, there are three days left/to go in Christmas.

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Aamir Tariq

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Suppose today is the 22nd of December, and Christmas is just 3 days away.


  1. There are 3 days left in Christmas.
  2. There are 3 days left to Christmas.
  3. There are 3 days left before Christmas.
  4. There are 3 days to go to Christmas.
  5. There are 3 days to go in Christmas
  6. There are 3 days to go before Christmas.
  7. There are 3 days remaining in Christmas
  8. There are 3 days remaining to Christmas
  9. There are 3 days remaining before Christmas.

Which one is grammatically correct?
Which one is the most natural?
Is there any other way of saying it naturally?

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Tarheel

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There are three days until Christmas.
 

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There are 3 days left before Christmas.
There are 3 days to go before Christmas.

Or,
[Only] three more days until Christmas!

Or the one suggested by Tarheel.
 

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Yep, the 'until' is key here.

Three days to go until Christmas!

You can use 'Christmas Day' too.

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[STRIKE]Yep,[/STRIKE] The 'until' is key here.

Three days to go until Christmas! This is not a complete sentence.

You can use 'Christmas Day' too. You can but "Christmas" can be used to refer to the whole period around Christmas Day.

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Welcome to the forum, Matt. :hi:

Note my comments above. Please avoid using non-standard/sub-standard English on the forum. "Yep" is not an English word.

I have removed the commercial/unauthorised URL from your post.
 
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