often attributive
1
: a Christian feast on December 25 or among some Eastern Orthodox Christians on January 7 that commemorates the birth of Christ and is usually observed as a legal holiday
2
Examples of Christmas in a Sentence
We're spending Christmas with my parents.
We had a very happy Christmas this year.
I wish you all a merry Christmas.
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
Another showed some members of the family opening Christmas presents while the two youngest children were not given any gifts that year.
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
Another showed some members of the family opening Christmas presents while the two youngest children were not given any gifts that year.
—Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Also starring are Riley Dandy (Christmas Bloody Christmas), Myles Clohessy (Frontier Crucible), and Sol Miranda (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
Poland also mobilized fighter jets due to Moscow's strikes on Ukraine on February 1.
Warsaw also scrambled aircraft in mid-January, and on Christmas morning in December 2024 after Russia targeted Ukraine.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Christmas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christmas. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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Christmas
noun
Christ·mas
ˈkris-məs 
1
: December 25 celebrated in honor of the birth of Christ
2
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