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Christmastime
[ kris-muhs-tahym ]
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Origin of Christmastime1
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Example Sentences
While they lost the war, one way they tried to win hearts and minds—and political power—was by telling romanticized stories about Christmastime.
Of course it was Christmastime and like everyone else who ever saw it, I was enchanted.
In Central Europe, Krampus is a legendary figure who works in tandem with Santa Claus to punish naughty children, while in Greece, the kallikantzaroi are a breed of sinister goblins that surface around Christmastime to wreak havoc in local towns.
I credit my annual Christmastime freakout to this phenomenon.
In the early 1970s, if you’d walked through midtown Manhattan at Christmastime, you might have happened upon Hallmark’s flagship store.
This final episode of Extras is the perfect Christmastime escape for those who prefer the bittersweet to the saccharine.
Congress loves to be Scroogey when it comes to helping the poor at Christmastime.
Over the years, the meaning has evolved, essentially, to “Christmastime,” and describes the period between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6.
And it is not clear that there have been a rash of lawsuits from outraged parents over aggressive Christmastime greetings.
And its crew had fought so hard for a Christmastime miracle that was not to be.
It finally came to me at Christmastime a few years ago, a sort of hybrid between the parabola and a box cooker.
You mentioned before that at Christmastime in 1962, you went over to Oswald's apartment in Dallas, is that correct?
I think it was Christmastime,400 yes; and then he said that it is just commercialized, a commercialized holiday.
Let's go back to the time that you went to Oswald's apartment at Christmastime.
At Christmastime, too, it was pleasant when they came singing carols after dark.
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What does Christmastime mean?
Christmastime is the Christmas season.
Christmas is a Christian holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians celebrate the holiday on December 25, but it is celebrated on January 7 in the Orthodox Church due to the use of a different calendar. Christmas is also widely observed in secular (nonreligious) ways. Popular activities include the decoration of a Christmas tree and the exchange of gifts.
Most often, the word Christmas refers to Christmas Day—the day on which the holiday is observed, most commonly December 25. But Christmas can be used to mean the same thing as Christmas season or Christmastime.
Christmastime is generally thought to start around the beginning of December, though some people in the U.S. begin to decorate or engage in Christmas festivities immediately after the Thanksgiving holiday or even before. Christmastime coincides with the “holiday season,” which in the U.S. is popularly understood to include Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day.
In religious terms, Christmastime is sometimes considered to extend from Christmas Eve to the feast of the Epiphany or Twelfth Day on January 6. This period is sometimes called Christmastide, though this word can also be used in a more general way to refer to the period from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day. Christmastime is used more generally.
By those who celebrate Christmas, Christmastime is often seen as a magical time that’s associated with a sense of hope and wonder and a feeling of festiveness.
Example: Christmastime is the season of perpetual hope!
Where does Christmastime come from?
The first records of the word Christmastime come from the 1600s. The ending -time is used in the same way in other words that refers to seasons, such as wintertime.
Christmastime is often associated with wintertime and snowy scenes. However, this is only the case in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, Christmastime happens during the summer.
The word yuletide is sometimes used as another word for Christmastime, but it is rooted in yule, which can refer to Christmas but is also used as a name for the celebration of the Winter Solstice that’s observed in some Pagan traditions.
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What are some synonyms for Christmastime?
- Christmas season
- Christmas
- holiday season
- Christmastide
- yuletide
What are some words that share a root or word element with Christmastime?
What are some words that often get used in discussing Christmastime?
How is Christmastime used in real life?
People who celebrate Christmas often look forward to Christmastime as a time of festivities and gatherings with loved ones.
I love our home at Christmastime. pic.twitter.com/VNGZVPgPBS
— Jenipher Sutherland (@TeachSutherland) December 1, 2020
What movies and songs evoke childhood memories of Christmastime for you? I'll start: Home Alone and "Feliz Navidad"
— Harrison Chao (@HarrisonChao) December 20, 2011
Christmastime has arrived in San Francisco. 🌉🎄🎀 #OnlyinSF pic.twitter.com/Shq3q455cV
— Bridget (@bridgetmmulcahy) December 1, 2020
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True or False?
Christmastime always means the same thing as Christmastide.
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