クリスマスが近くなってきた。

Christmas

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...