Christmas

  1. Proper noun.  A widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian and secular customs.
  2. Proper noun.  A personification of Christmas.
  3. Noun.  Christmas Day, the day it is celebrated, 25 December, an English quarter day.
  4. Noun.  Christmastide, the Twelve Days of Christmas, the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the holiday.
  5. Noun.  (US, retailing) The period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.
  6. Noun.  (marketing, retailing) Christmas season, the end of the year period, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.

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