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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North America’s longest running community science project started in 1900: the annual Christmas Bird Count.
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Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
First and foremost were all the family holidays where contrarians attempted to ruin things like the wonder of Christmas by trotting out their anti-Santa Claus views.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
The first movie post New Years 2022, in the wake of a Christmas filled with Avatar: The Way of Water, opened to a great $30.4M hot off a marketing campaign consisting of dancing Megans which became a TikTok sensation.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 June 2025
No one wants to send a work email while tucked into a Tyrolean trundle bed like a Christmas elf.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 June 2025
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Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
First and foremost were all the family holidays where contrarians attempted to ruin things like the wonder of Christmas by trotting out their anti-Santa Claus views.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
The first movie post New Years 2022, in the wake of a Christmas filled with Avatar: The Way of Water, opened to a great $30.4M hot off a marketing campaign consisting of dancing Megans which became a TikTok sensation.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 June 2025
No one wants to send a work email while tucked into a Tyrolean trundle bed like a Christmas elf.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 June 2025
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“Christmas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christmas. Accessed 30 Jun. 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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