Christmas
n. Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ (celebrated on December 25); Yule; period before and after Christmas, period around December 25th; Christian church season from December 24th to January 6th n. surname of a child with Christmas disease v. spend Christmas (e.g.: "My daughter Christmassed with her friends") | ||||
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Christmas Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Christmas
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
Christmas
Noun
1. period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
(synonym) Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel
(hypernym) season
(part-holonym) December, Dec
(part-meronym) Boxing Day
2. a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
(synonym) Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25
(hypernym) legal holiday, national holiday
(part-holonym) December, Dec
Noun
1. period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
(synonym) Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel
(hypernym) season
(part-holonym) December, Dec
(part-meronym) Boxing Day
2. a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
(synonym) Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25
(hypernym) legal holiday, national holiday
(part-holonym) December, Dec
christmas
Verb
1. spend Christmas; "We were christmassing in New York"
(hypernym) spend, pass
(derivation) Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel
| The Phrase Finder |
A Christmas box
Meaning
A gift given at Christmas.
Origin
Churches used to collect money in boxes for distribution to the poor. This happened the day after Christmas Day and gave Boxing Day its name.
Meaning
A gift given at Christmas.
Origin
Churches used to collect money in boxes for distribution to the poor. This happened the day after Christmas Day and gave Boxing Day its name.
| Australian Slang |
As regular as Christmas
regularly
regularly
Christmas card
train guard
Christmas grip
smb. hold of one's testicles
Christmas hold
(wrestling, etc.) hold in which one grabs the opponent's testicles (Christmas hold is "a handful of nuts", i.e. nuts testicles)
Done up like a Christmas tree
overdressed; garish
Have all one's Christmases come at once
have extreme good fortune
Not to know Christmas from Bourke Street
to be a bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street)
Not to know if it's Pitt Street or Christmas
to be confused (a country bloke confused at all the lights of Sydney's Pitt Street)
Think smb. is Christmas
be pleased with oneself; be elated
What else did smb. get for Christmas?
sarcastic expression used to belittle someone who is showing off
| hEnglish - advanced version |
christmas
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.
christmas
n
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]
v : spend christmas; "we were christmassing in new york" [syn: christmas]
similar words(13)
father christmas
christmas box
christmas rose
christmas day
christmas tree packet
christmas tree
christmas bush
christmas star
christmas flower
christmas carol
christmas fern
christmas eve
christmas berry
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.
christmas
n
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]
v : spend christmas; "we were christmassing in new york" [syn: christmas]
similar words(13)
father christmas
christmas box
christmas rose
christmas day
christmas tree packet
christmas tree
christmas bush
christmas star
christmas flower
christmas carol
christmas fern
christmas eve
christmas berry
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
Christmas
(an) Nollaig f., (an) Nodlaig f., Nollag
Christmas Eve (December 24): Oíche f. Nollag f. (24 Nollag)
Christmas Day (December 25): Lá Nollag (25 Nollag)
Happy Christmas!: Nollaig shona (duit)!
A prosperous and pleasant Christmas: Nollaig faoi shéan is faoi mhaise duit
(an) Nollaig f., (an) Nodlaig f., Nollag
Christmas Eve (December 24): Oíche f. Nollag f. (24 Nollag)
Christmas Day (December 25): Lá Nollag (25 Nollag)
Happy Christmas!: Nollaig shona (duit)!
A prosperous and pleasant Christmas: Nollaig faoi shéan is faoi mhaise duit
| English Phonetics |
Christmas Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Christmas
Christmas Christmas Day and its festival are a curious blend of Christian, Jewish, Roman, Western pagan, and perhaps other institutions. It arose as a Christian festival as part of the adaptation of the early Christian Church to the world in which it grew up. The accounts given of the birth of Christ present obvious difficulties against regarding this date as that of his actual birth, and it was looked upon rather as a commemorative festival. Before the 5th century there cannot be said to have been any general consensus as to the date, the choice wavering between that of Epiphany on January 6th, the 25th of March, and the 25th of December. According to Chrysostom, the choice of the first of these dates was due to Western influence; and it is true that the Romans held their Saturnalia at the same time.
The celebration of the winter solstice, often identified with that of the new year, is virtually universal and denotes among Christians the mystic birth of the Christ; the significance has, however, with the Christian Church, been divided between Christmas and Easter. Besides its application to the death and rebirth of the year, and to death and regeneration both cosmic and human, the symbol has special reference to the esoteric rite and exoteric drama performed in the Mysteries at this epoch, where the candidate for initiation was placed in a tomb or coffin, or on a cruciform couch, where his body remained entranced during the experiences of his liberated self, until rebirth or resurrection on the third day.
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Christmas Christmas Day and its festival are a curious blend of Christian, Jewish, Roman, Western pagan, and perhaps other institutions. It arose as a Christian festival as part of the adaptation of the early Christian Church to the world in which it grew up. The accounts given of the birth of Christ present obvious difficulties against regarding this date as that of his actual birth, and it was looked upon rather as a commemorative festival. Before the 5th century there cannot be said to have been any general consensus as to the date, the choice wavering between that of Epiphany on January 6th, the 25th of March, and the 25th of December. According to Chrysostom, the choice of the first of these dates was due to Western influence; and it is true that the Romans held their Saturnalia at the same time.
The celebration of the winter solstice, often identified with that of the new year, is virtually universal and denotes among Christians the mystic birth of the Christ; the significance has, however, with the Christian Church, been divided between Christmas and Easter. Besides its application to the death and rebirth of the year, and to death and regeneration both cosmic and human, the symbol has special reference to the esoteric rite and exoteric drama performed in the Mysteries at this epoch, where the candidate for initiation was placed in a tomb or coffin, or on a cruciform couch, where his body remained entranced during the experiences of his liberated self, until rebirth or resurrection on the third day.
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| Official Christianity Glossary for Introduction to Religion |
Christmas
This is the Christian celebration of Jesus' birth to Mary. By the end of the fourth century, most churches celebrated this holiday on December 25th, but the date is not fixed according to any scriptural information.
This is the Christian celebration of Jesus' birth to Mary. By the end of the fourth century, most churches celebrated this holiday on December 25th, but the date is not fixed according to any scriptural information.
Christmas Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| US Zip Codes |
32709
State: FLORIDA
City: CHRISTMAS
State: FLORIDA
City: CHRISTMAS
49862
State: MICHIGAN
City: CHRISTMAS
| Australian GPS + Postcode Town Index |
CHRISTMAS SA
SA -30.42555 137.14171
SA -30.42555 137.14171
Christmas Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English - Klingon |
Christmas
n. QISmaS
n. QISmaS
| Dream Symbols |
Christmas
Dreamer's birth
Dreamer's birth
Christmas Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Country Data Codes |
Christmas Island
CX (Internet),
CX (ISO 3166),
CXR (ISO 3166),
KT (FIPS 10-4)
CX (Internet),
CX (ISO 3166),
CXR (ISO 3166),
KT (FIPS 10-4)
Christmas Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Christmas
Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. Christmas festivities often combine the commemoration of Jesus' birth with various customs, many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals. Traditions include the display of Nativity scenes, Holly and Christmas trees, the exchange of gifts and cards, and the arrival of Father Christmas (Santa Claus) on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Popular Christmas themes include the promotion of goodwill, compassion and peace.
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