yuletide

IPA: jˈuɫtaɪd

The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.
(dated) The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.
(dated, or Germanic Neo-Paganism) The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas (but sometimes recreated by modern neo-pagans).
(Australia, regional) The period of southern winter in the middle of the year, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas, which originated as a marketing gimmick.
Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”). [(dated) The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.]

Examples of "yuletide" in Sentences

How does one obtain tickets to this yuletide bonanza?
This yuletide treat attracts up to 180,000 visitors annually.
If you're curious to see what I asked for, just click on the "yuletide" tag and you'll see my letter come up.
The traditions of xmas as we know it are based on the pagan celebration of winter called 'yule' - hence the word yuletide in some carol i can't remember.
Hitler eliminated Christian Holidays in the schools first by calling Christmas "yuletide"; most American Public schools now call Christmas a "winter break", and forbid the use of the word Christmas.
In the Christian calendar, the period of preparation for the birth of Christ is called Advent, deriving from the Latin advenire ` to come toward. 'the word yuletide, as a synonym for the Christmas season, dates back to a heathen and then Christian period of feasting about the time of the winter solstice (December
Let's have it righ: if you want to talk about image then in comparison with many of his fellow professional he's a model professional: he doesn't sleep with prostitutes while his girlfriend is pregnant, he doesn't use the word faggot to describe homosexuals; he doesn't have affairs with team mates girlfriends; he doesn't organise christmas parties that can only be described as a yuletide brothel.