YOU SAID:
The tennis match took place a little after christmas.
INTO JAPANESE
テニスの試合は少しクリスマスの後に起こった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Tennis match took place a little after Christmas.
INTO JAPANESE
テニスの試合は少しクリスマスの後に起こった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Tennis match took place a little after Christmas.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.