as in Christmas
the season celebrating Christmas
these days, as far as the stores are concerned, yuletide starts in September
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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.
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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
However, the ruling does not appear to have affected her yuletide success.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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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
However, the ruling does not appear to have affected her yuletide success.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yuletide
Christmas
Noun
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North America’s longest running community science project started in 1900: the annual Christmas Bird Count.—
Sarah Boon
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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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
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“Yuletide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yuletide. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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