as in Christmas
the season celebrating Christmas
these days, as far as the stores are concerned, yuletide starts in September
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Recent Examples of yuletide
That’s a lofty position for a holiday cut, though British music lovers are known for their penchant for yuletide tracks.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
With hundreds of Christmas movies competing for your attention this holiday season, Hulu has a diverse selection of yuletide favorites for any type of viewer.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Presley’s yuletide project reached that spot in 2020, and it’s returned to the higher reaches of the list regularly since then.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
From Paris to Hong Kong, the best places to go for Christmas around the world offer their own delightful twists on the holiday spirit—with plenty of familiar seasonal traditions like Christmas markets, ice skating, and glimmering trees to satisfy every nostalgic yuletide yearning.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
With hundreds of Christmas movies competing for your attention this holiday season, Hulu has a diverse selection of yuletide favorites for any type of viewer.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Presley’s yuletide project reached that spot in 2020, and it’s returned to the higher reaches of the list regularly since then.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
From Paris to Hong Kong, the best places to go for Christmas around the world offer their own delightful twists on the holiday spirit—with plenty of familiar seasonal traditions like Christmas markets, ice skating, and glimmering trees to satisfy every nostalgic yuletide yearning.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yuletide
Christmas
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The first four of those games will compete with three NFL games on Christmas: Dallas-Washington and Detroit-Minnesota (both on Netflix) and Denver-Kansas City (on Amazon Prime).—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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To a degree, missing out on Christmas is meaningful for the Heat in light of the franchise’s 12-2 all-time record on the holiday.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Yuletide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yuletide. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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