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Christmas - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Christmas : (noun)
1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide,
Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel]
2: a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a
quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Christmas,
Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25]
(verb)
1: spend Christmas; "We were christmassing in New York"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Christmas : \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ _ mass.]
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a
legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by
special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmas box.
(a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and
servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for,
Christmas.
Christmas day. Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern
({Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for
decoration in winter.
Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a
poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern
Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers
midwinter.
Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to
be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated
on Christmas eve.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Christmas, FL
Zip code(s): 32709
Christmas, MI
Zip code(s): 49862
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Christmas |
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laurashav: #pantocrime A Christmas Cracker |
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JonasBrosUK: 12 Days of Christmas! Fun New Game!
Each day between now and Christmas i'll set you a challenge, either Christmass (cont) http://tl.gd/1al5r |
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cvolpert: Christmas with #musicmonday: Wham - Last Christmas...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3354flS1KJs |
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