ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2020-12-25 04:22 am

Word of the Day 12/25/20 Christmas

Christmas (noun)
Christ·mas [kris-muhs]
(previously 12-25-19)

noun
1. the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
2. Christmastime.
3. Christmastide.

Related Words for christmas
Yule, Yuletide, Xmas, Noel, Christmastide

Origin: before 1150; Middle English cristmasse; Old English Cristes m?sse Mass of Christ

Dec. 25, 2018 Christmas


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