PE 12/25 Annual bonus!

Since the company had a stellar year, these checks should be pretty big. Don't you think?
* stellar: excellent; very impressive
ex> Ryan's stellar performance in the championship game won him the coveted Player of the Year award.

I'll take my mother on a shopping spree and donate some to charity.
* shopping spree: 폭풍 쇼핑, 물건을 왕창 사들임

I'd put money on the fact that the CEO and the other top managers didn't take a cut in their bonuses this year. It isn't fair.
* put money on: to back up one's claim with a wager; place a bet
ex> She is definitely going to say yes if you ask her out. I'd put money on it.
* take a cut in: to willingly receive less than expected or deserved
ex> As part of the charity drive, all of the staff members took a cut in pay to fund the homeless shelter.

Look at it this way - the second year I worked here I didn't get a bonus at all because the company was in the red that year.
* look at it this way: to suggest a person see an issue from a different point of view
ex> Look at it this way, if you lose a lot of weight, you can go shopping for a whole new wardrobe.
* in the red: when a company is losing money
ex> For the first time in the company's history, they finished the year in the red.