Christmas

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated on 25 December

   The family gathered for church and dinner on Christmas.

2. 2
   noun

   the season around Christmas Day, marked by holidays, decorations, gifts, and celebrations

   They spent Christmas with relatives in the countryside.

Common collocations

• merry christmas Adjective + noun

From Middle English Cristemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, literally 'Christ's mass': Crist ('Christ') in the possessive plus mæsse ('Mass, Eucharistic service'). The compound first named the church feast and then the wider holiday season and its customs.

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