Christmas

Christ-mas English 2023 December 25 Pronunciation vertical NativityChristmasLights2.jpg A nativity scene depicted using Christmas lights. Students around a Christmas tree.jpg Students around a Christmas tree. krĭsʹməs RP,GA, en /ˈkɹɪsməs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christmas.wav Southern England en En-us-Christmas.ogg GA en ɪsməs 2 en Christ mas Etymology 1 en ine-pro *gʰrey- *meyth₂- en holiday :inh enm:Cristemasse 1 The proper noun is derived from en enm Cristemasse, enm Criste-mas Christmas Day; season of Christmas; Christmas festivities1,Criste-mas(se n MED10371 from en ang Cristes mæsse Christmas Christ’s mass, from ang Crist Christ + ang -es possessive marker + ang mæsse a mass (celebration of the Eucharist). The English word is analysable as en Christ mas suffix denoting a holiday or sacred day.Compare n.1 and int 1558940598 December 2023 1; n. Cognate with stq Kristmisse Christmas, fy Krystmis Christmas, nl Kerstmis Christmas, nds-de Karstmis Christmas. en Kiritimati. The noun, adjective, and verbv 3223887240 July 2023 are derived from the proper noun. Adjective en color (“red and green in color”) refers to these colors being traditionally associated with Christmas. Proper noun ~ es Christmasses en also attributive en festivalen originally Christianity A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs including gift-giving, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places. en Chrimble<q:Britain, slang, humorous> Chrimbo<q:Britain, slang, humorous> Chrissy<q:Australia, slang> Crimble<q:Britain, slang, humorous> Crimbo<q:Britain, slang, humorous> Noel Yule en Chrismahanukwanzakah Chrismukkah en Do you celebrate Christmas? en This Christmas we’ll open presents, then go to grandma’s for dinner. en A Caroll Bringyng in the Bores Heed [Christmasse Carolles] London Newely enprinted at Londõ, in the fletestrete at the Sygne of the Sonne, by Wynkyn de Worde [15th century] (date written) 1521 1350306438 republished in Joseph Ames Typographical Antiquities: Being a Historical Account of Printing in England:With Some Memoirs of Our Antient Printers, and a Register of Books Printed by Them, from the year MCCCCLXXI to the Year MDC. With an Appendix Concerning Printing in Scotland and Ireland to the Same Time. London Printed by W[illiam] Faden, and sold by J. Robinson,in Ludgate-Street. 1749 96 https://archive.org/details/b30412481/page/96/mode/1up 2 940187384 Be gladde, lordes, bothe more and lasse, / For this hath ordeyned our stewarde / To chere you all this christmasse / The bores heed with mustarde. on II Henry the Eyght 1140–1141 1140 In this Winter was great death in London, wherefore the Terme was adiorned, and the king for to eſchue the plague, kept his Chriſtmaſſe at Eltham with a ſmall number, for no man might come thether, but ſuch as were appoynted by name: this Chriſtmas in the kings houſe, was called the ſtill Chriſtmaſſe. I Shomakers Holiday To All Good Fellowes, Professors of the Gentle Craft; of what Degree Soeuer 3 Kinde Gentlemen, and honeſt Companions, I preſent you here with a merrie conceited Comedie, called the Shoomakers Holyday, acted by my Lorde Admiralls Players this preſent Chriſtmaſſe, before the Queenes moſt excellent Maieſtie. 191 Hereupon a Peace vvas concluded, vvhich vvas publiſhed a little before Chriſtmaſſe, in the Fourteenth yeare of the Kings Raigne, to continue for both the Kings liues, and the ouer-liuer of them, and a yeare after. 3rd Certaine Prouerbes, Poemes or Poesies, Epigrammes, Rhythmes, and Epitaphs of the English Nation in Former Times, and Some of This Present Age 267 Chriſtmaſſe commeth but once a yeere. III 56 [T]heſe Ships meet vvith Privateers, vvho reſort hither in the aforeſaid months [May to August], purpoſely to keep a Chriſtmas as they call it; being ſure to meet vvith Liquor enough to be merry vvith, and are very liberal to thoſe that treat them. Used to refer to a period of festivity during a different time of the year. Steele 450 6 August 1712 220 I was always grateful for the sum of my week's profit, and at Christmas for that of the whole year. en Account of Lincoln’s Inn: With a Perspective View of the Hall and Chapel The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure;Containing Letters, Debates, Essays, Tales, Poetry, History, Biography, Antiquities, Voyages, Travels, Astronomy, Geography, Mathematics, Mechanics, Architecture, Philosophy, Medicine, Chemistry, Husbandry, Gardening and Other Arts and Sciences; Which May Render It Instructive and Entertaining. To Which Occasionally Will Be Added an Impartial Account of Books in Several Languages, and of the State of Learning in Europe; Also of the New Theatrical Entertainments. CIII July 1798 London Published under His Majesty’s Royal Licence, [b]y W[illiam] Bent,at the King’s Arms, Paternoster Row 42 https://books.google.com/books?id=eFg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA42 2 977832689 The lord chancellor holds his fittings in this hall, and in former days, like the Temple, it had its revels and great Chriſtmaſſes. The account of the great feaſt in the hall of the Inner Temple, by the ſerjeants, in 1555, is extremely worth conſulting: and alſo of the hoſpitable Chriſtmaſſes of old times. Christmas Eve 379 [A] great deal of revelry was permitted, and even encouraged, by the squire, throughout the twelve days of Christmas, provided every thing was done comformably to ancient usage. [T]he Yule clog, and Christmas candle, were regularly burnt, and the mistletoe, with its white berries, hung up, to the imminent peril of all the pretty housemaids. en Sylvanus Swanquill [pseudonym; John Hewitt] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year The New Sporting Magazine XVIII 105 London Walter Spiers,Printer, 399, Oxford Street January 1840 53 https://archive.org/details/newsportingmaga00unkngoog/page/n60/mode/1up 6560056 “Lawk!” says our old granddam, who has taken the liberty of looking over our manuscript while we were gone to mix a glass of water and something. “Lawk!” says she, “how can you write such stuff? Christmas, indeed! you’ve no Christmas now. Do you call this Christmas? It’s more like a vapour bath. Such weather! Lawk, how times are changed! the Christmasses I remember! the good, old-fashioned Christmasses, when there was snow on the ground six feet deep, and poor people were starved to death by dozens, and you couldn’t go out without having your fingers frost-bitten, and coals were at six shillings a hundred, and canals froze up so that you couldn’t get your goods, and the roads all impassable, and daren’t ask a few friends to merrymake for fear of losing three or four of ’em going home in snow-drifts, and—oh, those were Christmasses! we shall never see such times again!” 166 [I]t was always said of him [Ebenezer Scrooge], that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed this knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One! XXVIII 45 The time draws near the birth of Christ: / ⁠The moon is hid; the night is still; / The Christmas bells from hill to hill / Answer each other in the mist. en [Florence] Marryatt XXIX Temper. A Novel. New York, N.Y. Dick & Fitzgerald,Publishers, No. 18 Ann Street 1859 205 https://archive.org/details/temperanovel00marrgoog/page/n211/mode/1up 3640422 Reader have your Christmasses hitherto been marked with happiness? Thank God for it. Then mamma died—and later in your college days, dear Herbert, when you were both as tall as men, but as fond of play as ever—and we used to spend such happy Christmasses, till our dear father died, / “That was our first sad winter, the one which followed his death, for you remember how sadly we all missed him, and we were still in mourning—but the next one was a happy day, for Lawry was so full of spirits—and that was our last happy Christmas. Herbert darling, Lawrence has left the last impression of happiness on my memory—he, who has since broken up our domestic peace, and for a long time spoilt our Christmasses—Heaven bless him!” December 29 [Love Came Down at Christmas] 251 Love came down at Christmas, / Love all lovely, Love Divine, / Love was born at Christmas, / Star and Angels gave the sign. en w:Irving Berlin w:Bing Crosby White Christmas New York, N.Y. w:Decca Records 30 July 1942 244388148 I'm dreaming of a white Christmas / With every Christmas card I write / May your days be merry and bright / And may all your Christmases be white en w:Ralph Blane w:Hugh Martin w:Judy Garland Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: From the M.G.M. Picture Meet Me in St. Louis New York, N.Y. w:Leo Feist 1943 (date written) 1944 82880525 Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Let your heart be light / Next year all our troubles will be out of sight en Cherry Drummond The Remarkable Life of Victoria Drummond, Marine Engineer London The Institute of Marine Engineers 1994 354 https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4jfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Christmas%2C+1980%22 0-907206-54-9 The last time I saw her was a week before Christmas, 1980. We took down a fat branch of berried Megginch holly, which we stuck in a pot for a Christmas tree, hung with silver balls and glitters. Aunt Victoria looked at it, smiled and unexpectedly said, “Christmas.” Surely she was sitting there dreaming of Christmasses long past: Christmas in the South China Sea, the Christmas lights of Hong Kong, hot Christmasses so long ago in the Anchises under the Southern Cross stars, or even longer ago of Christmasses at Megginch, singing carols round the lighted Christmas tree in the hall, while Queen Victoria’s goddaughter in her starched white dress and bronze shoes had worn the sparkling pendant given her by the great Queen. en w:Mariah Carey; w:Walter Afanasieff Mariah Carey w:All I Want for Christmas Is You Merry Christmas New York, N.Y. w:Columbia Records 29 October 1994 33186322 I don't want a lot for Christmas / There is just one thing I need / I don't care about the presents / Underneath the Christmas tree / I just want you for my own / More than you could ever know / Make my wish come true / All I want for Christmas is you en December 19, 2018 Tiffany May Chinese City Bans Christmas Displays Amid Religious Crackdown w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20181219161407/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/world/asia/china-christmas-display-ban.html December 19, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/world/asia/china-christmas-display-ban.html 0190-8286 2269358 Asia Pacific This is not the first time a city in China has clamped down on Christmas merriment. Last December, Hengyang, a city in Hunan province, issued a stern notice asking Communist Party officials and their relatives to “resist the rampant Western festival.” The China Communist Youth League in Anhui wrote on social media last year that “Christmas is China’s day of shame” and represents a latter-day invasion by the West. en often marketing en Christmas season the period of time before and after Christmas Day, during which people prepare for and celebrate Christmas; Christmastime. en The last three Christmases have been good for retailers. en Christmas shoppers spent less this December than last year, but our store will probably see just as many returned items during the twelve days of Christmas. en Eddie [i.e., Edward] Pola; George Wyle w:Andy Williams It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year New York, N.Y. w:Columbia Records 14 October 1963 498383541 There'll be parties for hosting / Marshmallows for toasting / And caroling out in the snow / There'll be scary ghost stories / And tales of the glories / Of Christmases long, long ago en John W[illard] Peterson Christmas is Love Grand Rapids, Mich. Singspiration 1981 59821444 Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year / Christmas, it's the season of good cheer / / Christmas is love, Christmas is love / The love of God, oh that's the marvelous thing en number of places c/USA: en uninhabited mining community co/Gila County s/Arizona. en CDP co/Orange County s/Florida. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Au Train co/Alger County s/Michigan. en unincorporated community co/Bolivar County s/Mississippi. en. Alternative forms en Christ-mas emphasizing Jesus Christ en Christmass Christmasse archaic en Xmas X-mas abbreviation informal en Xtmas abbreviation archaic en Crimmas pronunciation spelling humorous Derived terms en Christmas moss (Vesicularia montagnei species) black Christmas by Christmas cancel someone's Christmas Charlie Brown Christmas tree,Charlie Brown's Christmas tree Chrismahanukwanzakah Chrismukkah Christmas Hills Christmas Adam Christmas and Easter Christian Christmas beetle Christmas bells Christmas berry,Christmasberry Christmas block Christmas box Christmas bush Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera genus spp.) Christmas cake Christmas Capital of the Philippines Christmas card Christmas carol Christmas caterpillar Christmas cheer Christmas City Christmas club anti-Christmas Betwixtmas Cheaster Chreaster Christmas come early Christmas comes but once a year Christmas Common Christmas cookie Christmas break Christmas cracker Christmas creep Christmas Day Christmas dinner Christmas disease Christmas drinker Christmas elf Christmas Eve Christmas Eve box Christmas factor Christmas fern Christmas flower Christmas nutcracker Christmas graduate Christmas grass Christmas green Christmas ham Christmas holly (Ilex aquifolium species) Christmas in July Christmas is coming Christmasish Christmas Island Christmas Islander Christmas Island red crab Christmas Island swiftlet Christmas Island whiptail skink Christmasization Christmasize Christmasless Christmaslessness Christmas light Christmas-like,Christmaslike Christmas lily Christmas list Christmas log Christmasly Christmas market Christmas melon Christmas orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale species) Christmas pickle Christmas pie,Christmas Pie,Christmaspie Christmas present Christmas pride Christmas pudding Christmas rose Christmas seal Christmas season Christmassed up Christmassiness,Christmasiness Christmas star Christmas stocking Christmas Sunday Christmassy,Christmasy Christmastide,Christmas-tide Christmastime,Christmas time,Christmas-time Christmas tree Christmas tree bill Christmas tree effect Christmas tree packet Christmas tree worm Cold Christmas Coolie Christmas dressed up like a Christmas tree Father Christmas Friendsmas Ghost of Christmas Future Ghost of Christmas Past Ghost of Christmas Present Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Giftmas Gothmas Green Christmas,green Christmas Happy Christmas if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas light up like a Christmas tree like a kid at Christmas,like a kid on Christmas morning like turkeys voting for Christmas,like turkeys voting for an early Christmas Little Christmas lit up like a Christmas tree merry Christmas Mithrasmas Mother Christmas Old Christmas pickaninny Christmas Shitmas slow as Christmas Thanksmas think all one's Christmases have come at once Twelve Days of Christmas Twixmas un-Christmassy Vlogmas War on Christmas white Christmas white Christmas slice Women's Christmas X-mas,Xmas Descendants 1 af Krismis 1 my ခရစ္စမတ် 1 fr Christmas 1 gil Kiritimati 1 gvf geresma 1 haw Kalikimaka 1 he כריסטמס krístmes 1 hi क्रिसमस 1 1 hop Kyesmis 1 ja クリスマス Kurisumasu 1 ks کرٕٛسمٕس krụsmụs 1 ko ^크리스마스 1 ms Krismas 1 mi Kirihimete mh Kūrijm̧ōj 1 1 mnw ခရေတ်သမာတ် 1 nv Késhmish 1 ru Кри́стмас 1 es Crismes 1 sw Krismasi 1 uli Krismaas Translations festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 in most places Abkhaz: ab Қьырса ныҳәа, ab Қьы́рса Afrikaans: af Kersfees Albanian: sq Krishtlindja, sq kërshëndella Alutiiq: ems Aʀusistuaq Amharic: am ገና Arabic: ar كْرِيسْمَاس الْكْرِيسْمَاس m, ar مِيلَاد الْمِيلَاد m, ar عِيد الْمِيلَاد m Egyptian Arabic: arz عيد الميلاد m ʕīd il-milād Hijazi Arabic: acw كْرِسْمَس m krismas, acw عيد الميلاد m ʕīd al-mīlād South Levantine Arabic: ajp عيد الميلاد m ʕīd il-mīlād Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܡܵܘܠܵܕܵܐ m, aii ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ m Armenian: hy Սուրբ Ծնունդ Aromanian: rup Crãciun Assamese: as বৰদিন Asturian: ast navidá f, ast ñavidá f Azerbaijani: az Milad Balinese: ban Natal Basque: eu Eguberri Belarusian: be каля́ды f-p, be Раство́ n, be Ражджаство́ n, be Ражаство́ n, be Нараджэ́нне Хрысто́ва n Bengali: bn বড়দিন Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Pasko Breton: br Nedeleg m Bulgarian: bg Ко́леда f, bg Рождество́ Христо́во n, bg Рождество́ n Burmese: my ခရစ္စမတ်, my နာတာလူးပွဲ Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ріство́ n, rue Різдво n, rue Руздво n, rue Рождество n, rue Кере́чун m Catalan: ca Nadal m Cebuano: ceb Pasko Cherokee: chr ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ Chichewa: ny Khirisimasi Chinese: Cantonese: yue 聖誕節 Hakka: hak 聖誕節 Sṳn-tan-chiet Hokkien: nan-hbl 聖誕 Sèng-tàn, nan-hbl 耶誕 Iâ-tàn Mandarin: cmn 聖誕節, cmn 耶誕節 Yēdànjié, Yédànjié Taiwan Chuukese: chk Kirisimas Chuvash: cv Раштав Cimbrian: cim Boinichtn Cornish: kw Nadelik m Corsican: co Natale Czech: cs Boží hod m, cs Vánoce p Danish: da jul c Dutch: nl Kerstmis m, nl kerst m Dzongkha: dz ཡེ་ཤུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྟོན Esperanto: eo kristnasko Estonian: et jõulud p Ewe: ee Blunya Faroese: fo jól n-p Finnish: fi joulu Franco-Provençal: frp Chalendes French: fr Noël m, fr jour de Noël m, fr Christmas Louisiana Frisian: North Frisian: frr jul n Föhr-Amrum Halligen, frr jül n Goesharde Karrharde Wiedingharde, frr Wiinachen n Heligoland, frr Jööl n Sylt West Frisian: fy Krysttiid Friulian: fur Nadâl Galician: gl Nadal m Georgian: ka შობა, ka ქრისტეშობა, ka ქრისტეს შობა German: de Weihnachten p n Alemannic German: gsw Wiehnachte Bavarian: bar Weihnåchtn Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Weihnachte Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Woihnachde Silesian East Central German: gmw-ecg Weihnachta, gmw-ecg Weihnachten Greek: el Χριστούγεννα n-p Greenlandic: kl juulli Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Arareñói Gujarati: gu નાતાલ f Hausa: ha Kir̃sìmatì Hawaiian: haw Kalikimaka, haw Kalikamaka Hebrew: he חַג הַמּוֹלָד khag ha'molad Hindi: hi क्रिसमस m, hi क्रिस्मस m, hi बड़ा दिन m, hi ईद-ए-तवल्लुद m, hi ईद-ए-विलादत m Hungarian: hu karácsony Hunsrik: hrx Weinachte n Icelandic: is jól n-p Ido: io Kristonasko Igala: igl Íkéléchìmáchì Igbo: ig Ekeresìmeèsì Ilocano: ilo Paskua Indonesian: id Natal Ingrian: izh Joulu Irish: ga Nollaig f Old Irish: sga Notlaic f Italian: it Natale m Japanese: ja クリスマス Kurisumasu, ja 聖誕祭 せいたんさい, Seitansai, ja 聖誕節 せいたんせつ, Seitansetsu Javanese: jv Natal Kannada: kn ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ Karelian: krl Rastavu Kashubian: csb Gòdë m-p Kazakh: kk Рождество Khmer: km ណូអែល, km បុណ្យណូអែល Komi: Komi-Zyrian: kpv Рӧштво Konkani: kok नाताळ Korean: ko ^크리스마스, ko ^성탄절 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr gaxand Kyrgyz: ky Рождество Ladin: lld Nadel m Ladino: lad Noel Lakota: lkt Wóšpipi, lkt Wóšpipi Káǧapi Lao: lo ຄິດສະມາດ, lo ໂນແອນ, lo ບົນໂນແອນ Latin: la Christi Natalis, la festum Nativitatis Domini, la nativitas f Nātīvitās Latvian: lv Ziemassvētki m-p, lv Ziemsvētki m-p Ligurian: lij Dënâ Lithuanian: lt Kalėdos f-p Lombard: lmo Nedal m Low German: German Low German: nds-de Wiehnachten p n Luxembourgish: lb Chrëschtdag m Macedonian: mk Божиќ m Malay: ms Hari Natal, ms Krismas Malayalam: ml ക്രിസ്തുമസ്, ml തിരുപ്പിറവി, ml പിറവിത്തിരുനാൾ Maltese: mt Milied m Manx: gv Nollick f, gv Nollick Vooar f Māori: mi Kirihimete Marathi: mr नाताळ m Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Рошто Western Mari: mrj Шартял Marshallese: mh Kūrijm̧ōj Middle English: enm Cristemasse Mingrelian: xmf ქირსე Mòcheno: mhn Bainechtn Mòcheno: mhn bainechtn p Mon: mnw တ္ၚဲခရေတ်သမာတ်, mnw ခရေတ်သမာတ် Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Зул сар, mn Христосын мэндэлсэн өдөр Navajo: nv Késhmish Nepali: ne क्रिसमस Nheengatu: yrl misa-pituna Nigerian Pidgin: pcm Krismas Norman: nrf Noué m, nrf Nouel m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb jul mf Nynorsk: nn jol f, nn jul f Occitan: oc Nadal m Odia: or ବଡ଼ ଦିନ, or କିସ୍ମସ୍ Ofo: ofo noⁿˊpi Ojibwa: Northwestern Ojibwa: ojb niibaa-anama'e-giizhigad Ojibwe: oj niibaanamom Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu рождьство n Glagolitic: cu ⱃⱁⰶⰴⱐⱄⱅⰲⱁ n Old English: ang ġēol n, ang Cristes mæsse f, ang midwinter m Old Norse: non jól n-p Old Tupi: tpw missa-pytuna Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Крачун m, rsk Рождество n Papiamentu: pap Pasku Pashto: ps کرسمس m kresmas Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira کِریسْمَس, fa-ira نوئِل no'el, fa-ira عِیدِ میلادِ مَسیح, fa-ira عِیدِ نوئِل 'eyd-e no'el Plautdietsch: pdt Wienachten f Polabian: pox tribĕ Polish: pl Boże Narodzenie n Portuguese: pt Natal m Punjabi: pa ਵੱਡਾ ਦਿਨ, pa ਕ੍ਰਿਸਮਸ Quechua: qu Nawirat Rapa Nui: rap Nōere Romagnol: rgn Nadêl m Romanian: ro Crăciun n, ro Nașterea lui Isus Cristos f, ro Nașterea Domnului f Russian: ru Рождество́ Христо́во n, ru Рождество́ n, ru Кри́стмас m colloquial, foreign context or foreign communities Sami: Inari Sami: smn juovlah p Lule Sami: smj javlla Northern Sami: se juovllat p Pite Sami: sje jåvvlå Skolt Sami: sms rosttov Southern Sami: sma jåvlh p Ume Sami: sju juvlla Santali: sat ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ Scots: sco Yule Scottish Gaelic: gd Nollaig f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бо̀жић m, sh Рождество n Latin: sh Bòžić m, sh Roždestvo n Sicilian: scn Natali Silesian: szl Gody m-p Sindhi: sd ڪرسمس Sinhalese: si නත්තල Slovak: sk Vianoce f-p Slovene: sl bôžič m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb gódy p Upper Sorbian: hsb hody m-p Sotho: st Kresemese Southern Altai: alt Кӧлӧдӧ байрамы Spanish: es Navidad f, es Crismes m New Mexico Sranan Tongo: srn Bedaki, srn kresneti Swahili: sw Krismasi Swedish: sv jul c Tagalog: tl Pasko, tl Krismas Tajik: tg Мавлуди Исо, tg Кристмас Tamil: ta கிசிமிசி, ta கிறிஸ்மஸ், ta கிறித்துமசு, ta கிறிஸ்துமஸ், ta நத்தார் Tatar: tt Раштуа Telugu: te క్రిస్మస్, te క్రీస్తు జయంతి Tokelauan: tkl Kilihimahi Thai: th คริสต์มาส, th คริสตสมภพ Tibetan: bo ཡེ་ཤུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར Turkish: tr Noel Turkmen: tk Isanyň dogluşy, tk roždestwo, tk milad Udmurt: udm Толсур, udm Ымусьтон Ukrainian: uk Різдво́ n, uk Різдво́ Христо́ве n Ulithian: uli Krismaas Urdu: ur کِرِسْمَس m, ur کْرِسْمَس m, ur بَڑا دِن m, ur عِیدِ تَوَلُّد f, ur عِیدِ وِلادَت f, ur عِیدِ میلادِ مَسِیح m Uyghur: ug روجدېستۋو, ug روجىستىۋا Uzbek: uz Mavlud, uz rojdestvo Rojdestvo Vietnamese: vi Nô-en, vi Giáng sinh Vilamovian: wym Waeinahta f, wym Wajnaochta f Volapük: vo kritid, vo kritidazäl Walloon: wa Noyé m f Welsh: cy Nadolig m West Flemish: vls Kestdag m Yiddish: yi ניטל m Yoruba: yo Kérésìmesì Yup'ik: esu Alussistuaq, esu Selavi Zulu: zu Ukhisimuzi ellipsis of Christmas season Christmas season Christmastime See also associated entries en Advent Black Friday Boxing Day Chrimbus Christmas Eve quarter day St. Stephen's Day Yule Yuletide Noun - en decorationsen informal or Britain regional Sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations; also en generally, any Christmas decorations. en Christmasing 96 [T]he antient Britons employed for the decoration of their houſes, or, more properly ſpeaking, of their bovvers, branches of ever-green, in invitation to the ſpirits: a cuſtom, vvhich, hovvever the motive may be aboliſhed, is retained to this inſtant. That kind of verdure vvhich is uſed to deck the vvindovvs, and old halls, vve novv, by metonymy, call Chriſtmas. A Good-humoured Christmas Chapter,Containing an Account of a Wedding, and Some Other Sports beside, which although in Their Way, even as Good Customs as Marriage Itself, are Not Quite so Religiously Kept Up, in these Degenerate Times. 290 "Vere does the mince-pies go, young opium eater?" said Mr. Weller to the fat boy, as he assisted in laying out such articles of consumption as had not been duly arranged on the previous night. The fat boy pointed to the destination of the pies. "Wery good," said Sam, "stick a bit o' Christmas in 'em." en w:Percy Manning [Folk-lore Miscellanea.] May-Day at Watford, Herts. Folk-lore: A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution, & Custom London David Nutt,270, Strand. for The Folk-lore Society September 1893 IV III 403 https://books.google.com/books?id=rd1cLIVa1tsC&pg=PA403 7644078 Two of the girls carry between them on a stick what they call "the garland", The "garland" in shape reminds me of the "Christmas" which used to form the centre of the Christmas decorations in Yorkshire some few years ago, except that the latter had a bunch of mistletoe inside the hoops. Translations sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations Finnish: fi oksa joulukoristeena Macedonian: mk any Christmas decorations Finnish: fi joulukoriste p joulukoristeet Macedonian: mk Adjective - en US en color Red and green in color. en chiefly New Mexico cooking Of a dish: having a sauce made with red (ripe) and green (unripe) chili peppers. Translations red and green in color Finnish: fi punavihreä Macedonian: mk of a dish: having a sauce made with red and green chili peppers Finnish: fi punaista ja vihreää chiliä sisältävä Macedonian: mk Verb +,++ en transitive informal To decorate (a place) with en Christmas sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations, or any Christmas decorations decorations. I Of the Sellers of Trees, Shrubs, Flowers (Cut and in Pots), Roots, Seeds, and Branches 141 1 "Then look," said a gardener to me, "what's spent on a Christmasing the churches! Why, now, properly to Christmas St. Paul's, I say properly, mind, would take 50l. worth at least; aye, more, when I think of it, nearer 100l. I hope there'll be no 'No Popery' nonsense against Christmasing this year. I'm always sorry when anything of that kind's afloat, because it's frequently a hindrance to business." en w:James Goldman The Lion in Winter: A Comedy in Two Acts New York, N.Y.; Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. Samuel French 1966 Act I, scene ii 17 https://archive.org/details/lioninwinter0000unse_q1i7/page/17/mode/1up 645164 (Moving to the holly boughs.) Come on; let's finish Christmassing the place. en Robin S. Shapiro It’s Never too Late to Play the Violin Touchstones: Essays on Spirituality and Healing [Bloomington, Ind.] w:Xlibris 2012 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=wedNAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 978-1-4691-7385-6 Haddonfield was completely Christmased deep in December. It was lovely to see the beautifully decorated shops. Huge bows adorned the streetlamps, aerosol snow framed the windows, and people bundled up were moving in and out of the shops as the aroma of spice and clove from holiday candles scented the air. en transitive obsolete rare To bring (someone) Christmas cheer. II Shadow of Night Hymnus in Noctem 7 Her labours feast imperial Night with sports, / Where loves are Christmass'd, with all pleasure's sorts; In the 1st edition, the word was spelled Christmast en intransitive To celebrate Christmas. en Ricki Green David Jones Asks ‘How do Australians Christmas?’ in New Campaign via TBWA Sydney Campaign Brief https://web.archive.org/web/20231224011205/https://campaignbrief.com/david-jones-asks-how-do-you-ch/ 3 November 2016 The 2016 campaign via TBWA Sydney asks the question, ‘How do Australians Christmas?’ with a film to be launched today featuring global superstar and style icon, Cate Blanchett. en intransitive To spend Christmas or the Christmas season in some place. en “Ironbark” [pseudonym; George Herbert Gibson] Christmas in Australia Southerly Busters Sydney, N.S.W. John Sands,printer, 392 George Street. 1878 73 https://books.google.com/books?id=RV4UAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA73 13325172 I've Christmased since those palmy days / In many a varied spot, / And suffered many a weary phase / Of Christmas cold and hot. en Horace L. Nicholson Baulked by a Berry W. J. Morgan The St. James’s Magazine and United Empire Review London Charing Cross Publishing Company,Limited, 5, Friar Street, Broadway, E.C. December 1878 1879 XXXIV 1107 https://books.google.com/books?id=VKnCYu5u42IC&pg=PA1107 12701169 I have spent Christmas on the Severn, at Sharpness Point; in Paris, under siege, and among scenes of heartrending distress; among the Scotch hills, with Presbyterian severity, and I have Christmased in Normandy, where every tree seems green with mistletoe. en Facts and Fancies St. Stephen’s Review London The Publishing Company 6 July 1889 330 9 https://books.google.com/books?id=7fknbCXEEfgC&pg=PA9 1 1118137148 Prince Albert Victor on arrival in India will land at Bombay, and travel through Southern India, proceeding from Madras by sea to Calcutta. He will Christmas at Calcutta, and then make a tour through Bengal, and pay a visit to the frontier. Prologue 20 Mr. Danby never omitted his annual visits to Penlyon Place. He Christmassed there, and he Eastered there, and he knew the owner of the fine old Tudor house inside and out, his vices and his virtues, his weaknesses, and his prejudices. en Program: A Magazine for Program and Entertainment Committees New York, N.Y. Program Company January 1938 4 4 7 6784614 André Maurois will be one of the spearheads of the Harold R[eginald] Peat list for the coming season, a result of Mr. Peat’s holiday visit to England, where he Christmassed with H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells. en Robert D[avid] Kaplan End of the Rainbow The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite New York, N.Y. The Free Press 1993 part I (Dream) 80 https://archive.org/details/arabistsromanceo00kapl/page/80/mode/1up 978-0-02-916785-4 Christmasing in Khartoum, writing in his Cairo study about the Al Azhar University, overseeing the publication of learned articles about Moslem medievalism, attending conferences and tea parties hosted by his former AUB students, feted constantly in many an Arab capital, and filling up his diary with descriptions of the bazaars of Lucknow and the exotic birds of Asia, [Bayard] Dodge was reaping the bounty of a life devoted to the Arabs and Moslem culture. en Lorrene Desbien December 22 Losing Sarah: A Mother’s Journey to Peace Bloomington, Ind. w:AuthorHouse 26 October 2012 64 https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_XcK05TlsMC&pg=PA64 978-1-4772-8607-4 In particular, please keep my brother in your prayers as he Christmases in Afghanistan. en colloquial To subject to Christmas celebrations. en Susan Kiernan-Lewis 17 Toujours Dead: A Mystery in Provence Atlanta Abdale Books 2001 342 https://archive.org/details/toujoursdead0000kier/page/342/mode/1up 0-9706716-0-1 “1 But there’s only so much joyful, greedy delight you can see in a young child’s eyes before you want to go screaming out for the nearest bar.” He tossed his handstitched, kidskin gloves onto the table top. “I’m about Christmassed-out, if you want to know.” en Tina-Sue Ducross No Shadows Left Behind Galion, Oh. Harris Innovations 2008 204 https://archive.org/details/noshadowsleftbeh0000ducr/page/204/mode/1up 978-0-9816055-0-0 "The kids claim they are all Christmassed-out and have disappeared in protest." en Michael Parker Of Loos and Ships and Ceiling Lights, And Cabbages and Kings It’s All Going Terribly Wrong: Organised Chaos at Royal, National and Military Celebrations over 45 years London Bene Factum Publishing 2012 121 https://archive.org/details/itsallgoingterri0000park/page/121/mode/1up 978-1-903071-65-6 I had done Christmas in so many ways that I was somewhat ‘Christmassed-out. en Nora Laurie Percival; Herman Gund A Taste of Paradise Silver Pages on the Lawn: A True Story of Student Love during the 1930s Vilas, N.C. Kent Hollow Press February 2005 November 2009 part III (Fall 1934—Love Learns) 141 https://archive.org/details/silverpagesonlaw0000perc/page/141/mode/1up 978-1-59513-010-5 That evening, after the family, Christmased out, went early to bed, Herman brought out his unmailed letters. en Julia Williams Prologue Last Christmas London Avon 2009 14 https://archive.org/details/lastchristmas0000will/page/14/mode/1up 978-1-84756-086-5 Christmas muzak was pumping out, presumably to get her into the spirit of the thing. Not much chance of that, when she had felt all Christmassed out for months. Bugger off, she felt like shouting as a particularly cheesy version of ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ blared out. Look at all these people. Do any of them look bloody merry? en w:Jon Ronson Santa’s Little Conspirators w:Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries New York, N.Y. w:Riverhead Books 2012 part three (Everyday Difficulty) 157 https://archive.org/details/lostatseajonrons00jonr/page/157/mode/1up 978-1-59463-137-5 I notice that this is one of the very few buildings in town that hasn’t any Christmas decorations whatsoever. / “We’re a respite from Christmas, I guess,” Suze explains. “Our kids are all Christmassed out.” Alternative forms en Xmas abbreviation informal Translations to decorate (a place) with Christmas decorations Finnish: fi koristella joulukoristein Macedonian: mk to celebrate Christmas Finnish: fi viettää joulua Macedonian: mk to spend Christmas or the Christmas season in some place Finnish: fi viettää joulua Macedonian: mk Etymology 2 Short for en Jiminy Christmas, probably a variant of en Jiminy Cricket or en Jiminy Crickets, a euphemism for en Jesus Christ. Interjection en euphemistic An expression of annoyance or surprise: Christ, Jesus Christ, Jiminy Cricket, Jiminy Crickets. en Jesus Christmas jiminy Christmas Jimmy Christmas en 1897 Rudyard Kipling Captains Courageous "Christmas! I didn't know it," said Harvey, turning round. "I'll give you a dollar for it when I—get my wages. Say, I'll give you two dollars." en Ellery Queen [pseudonym; Frederic Dannay, Manfred Bennington Lee] ‘The Time has Come …’ The French Powder Mystery: A Problem in Deduction New York, N.Y. Frederick A[bbott] Stokes Company 1930 269 https://archive.org/details/pg000002_20220726/pg000144.jpg 7761808 "I've been tottering on the edge … Christmas!" His eyes brightened with a sudden thought. "How stupid I've been!" he cried at once. en w:Ngaio Marsh On the Scent w:False Scent New York, N.Y. w:Jove Books 1959 November 1981 section 3 158 https://archive.org/details/falsescent00ngai/page/158/mode/1up 978-0-515-08056-8 She said, "All right with you, Bertie?" / "Oh Christmas! he said. "I suppose so." Translations expression of annoyance or surprise Christ Jesus Christ References Further reading Christmas (disambiguation) Anagrams en achimrsst Chartisms en Calendar Christianity Christmas Holidays French fr Christmas Alternative forms fr Chrismisse Chrismusse Chrismeusse Etymology fr en Christmas. Pronunciation fr [kris.mis] [kris.mys] [kris.mœs] Louisiana Proper noun m # fr Louisiana en Christmas fr Noël<g:m> jour de Noël<g:m> Louisiana fr Joyeux Noël et bon Christmas à tout le monde! Merry Christmas to everyone! References Naga Pidgin Etymology nag en Christmas. Proper noun nag proper noun en Christmas nag Christianity Christmas Holidays Scots Noun sco noun Christmas present