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Christmastide

[ kris-muhs-tahyd ]

noun

  1. the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
  2. the period from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, especially in England.


Christmastide

/ ˈkrɪsməsˌtaɪd /

noun

  1. another name for Christmas


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Christmastide1

First recorded in 1620–30; Christmas + tide 1

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Example Sentences

It was also to such men that the revelry of Christmastide, Maytime, and the like were most precious.

A popular subject with the writers of burlesque for Christmastide has been the time-honoured one of Cinderella.

And at Christmastide Evelyn decked the great hall with holly and green boughs, and huge fires blazed on every hearth.

The good ship foundered two years ago last Christmastide, and father was foundered at the same time.

The Poem seems to halt here, and begin afresh with a description of Christmastide.

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