Christmas /(?)/

Christ·mas

Christmas

n.
  1. 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.

Phrases & Compounds
Christmas box
A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
Christmas carol
a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas.
Christmas day
Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve
the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern
an evergreen North American fern (Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for decoration in winter.
Christmas flower
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.