- the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and, for many, an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- Christmastime.
- Christmastide.
- of or relating to Christmas; made or displayed for Christmas: six batches of Christmas cookies;a Christmas movie for the whole family.
- the annual commemoration by Christians of the birth of Jesus Christ on Dec 25
- Dec 25, observed as a day of secular celebrations when gifts and greetings are exchanged
- (as modifier)
- (in England, Wales and Ireland) Dec 25, one of the four quarter days
- the season of Christmas extending from Dec 24 (Christmas Eve) to Jan 6 (the festival of the Epiphany or Twelfth Night)
