Spanish term
una celebración desvirgada
Many thanks.
| 3 | a celebration stripped of tradition |
Richard Hill
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| 3 | Christmas has lost its charm / appeal |
Lisa McCarthy
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| 3 | is not what it used to be |
Rick Larg
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Proposed translations
a celebration stripped of tradition
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Christmas has lost its charm / appeal
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20 posts - 22 Dec 2011
It's weird when I think about it, because it is true that christmas has lost its charm for me. When I was little, It used to feel like ages waiting for ...
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Nov 24, 2012 – Then, as we grow older, especially into our 50's and 60's, Christmas has lost its charm. We are frazzled. We are annoyed with the gift-giving ...
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...don't understand the music, so Christmas has lost its charm for me. But...honoring this traditional event, was Halloween. It wasn't unusual for us to...eating ...
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But who will say that Christmas has lost its charm? With Christ- mas at hand we renew our pledge of devotion to ideals of honest dealing and express our appre- ...
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BBC - Birmingham - Your Community - A 21st century Christmas
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Dec 13, 2005 – Anjna Chouhan, a Hindu disagreed, she said: "I think to suggest that Christmas has lost its appeal is perhaps a harsh assessment of modern ...
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But about ten minutes into the abysmal Santa Clause 3, Christmas has lost its appeal. Anything that's responsible for inspiring such utter dross is certainly not ...
is not what it used to be
(You say the register is informal: it's difficult to recreate the sounds of sighing off-air)
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Pienso que la Navidad, con el tiempo (o con la edad), se ha convertido en una celebración desvirgada.
E.G.: "I can't help thinking that due to the passing of time (or age), Christmas is not what it used to be."
Discussion
Pienso que la Navidad, con el tiempo (o con la edad), se ha convertido en una celebración desvirgada. Cuando hay niños (en el caso mío, sobrinos), estas fechas cambian un poco, y la magia de la Navidad -el juntarse todos y celebrarlo- toma otra perspectiva (o mejor dicho, toma la perspectiva), y que siempre acaba el día 6 de Enero cuando se llenan nuestros salones de casa con horrible papel de “juguettos” que envolvían decenas de regalos que la mayoría de ellos nunca pasarán a la historia.
So the author is saying that Christmas is no longer the celebration it used to be, as these days it is all about the presents