Christmas

[kris-muhs] / ˈkrɪs məs /

NOUN

christmastime

Synonyms

STRONG

Christmastide Noel Xmas Yule Yuletide

WEAK

Christmas Day Christmas Eve Christmas night the Nativity

Example Sentences

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“He spent $1,000 on his girlfriend at Christmas and several hundred dollars on each of her children.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Anita Jenkins has run a glass art business for about 15 years, making sculptures, necklaces and Christmas decorations.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The staircase has been a fixture in the city since the Trinity Centre opened in 1984 but there are now hopes the escalators could be in place in time for Christmas.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The Expanded Universe novels, and I’ve seen the “Star Wars” Christmas special in all its glory.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Even Dutch stations carried mostly war news, and that we could hear just as well on the small portable radio we kept now in the dining room, a gift from Pickwick the Christmas before.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom