Christmas
Christmas , noun
[Christ + mass.]
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.
Collocations (7)
Christmas box , (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
Christmas carol , a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas.
Christmas day , Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve , the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern (Botany) , an evergreen North American fern (Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for decoration in winter.
Christmas flower or Christmas rose , 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.