christmas

IPA: krˈɪsmʌs

Root Word: Christmas

(originally Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
A number of places in the United States:
An uninhabited mining community in Gila County, Arizona.
A census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
An unincorporated community in Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi
A surname.
(informal or Britain, regional) Sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations; also (generally), any Christmas decorations.
(often marketing) Short for Christmas season (“the period of time before and after Christmas Day, during which people prepare for and celebrate Christmas”); Christmastime. [Advent, the period from Advent Sunday (inclusive) through the start of Epiphany.]

(transitive)
(informal) To decorate (a place) with Christmas (“sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations, or any Christmas decorations”).
(obsolete, rare) To bring (someone) Christmas cheer.
(intransitive)
To celebrate Christmas.
To spend Christmas or the Christmas season in some place.

Red and green in colour.
(chiefly New Mexico, cooking) Of a dish: having a sauce made with red (ripe) and green (unripe) chili peppers.

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