/me at the supermarket: oh, they have candied chestnuts for sale, shall we buy some for the holidays¹?
@diegor : will they survive until the holidays? wait, what do you mean by “holidays? thursday?
/me: no, no, the holidays. well, before christmas there is also the Linux Day, that counts as a holiday, right?. and Halloween. and…
¹ around here in this season “the holidays” usually refers to Christmas time