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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After spending a month-plus straight together, he went home for Christmas and asked his grandmother for a ring, which he used to propose.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Three years ago it was named one of the prettiest places to do Christmas shopping by The Times newspaper and was praised for bucking the trend of struggling high streets.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

According to Lilias’s son Matthew Folan, the only time Lilias would see her mother was at Christmas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

She had her Christmas Day sermon to write.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

I believe I have done enough of that for the whole town, what with Daddy’s dying coming so soon after my brother Zeke’s funeral last Christmas.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan