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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Until this past fall, Festus council meetings often revolved around such mundane matters as approving liquor licenses or the Christmas parade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The day after Christmas 2025, Pennsylvania mother Shantal Snowden went to pick up her three young children from court-ordered parenting time with their father.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

“There was one point during Christmas, they shut off the lights to my house because I didn’t pay the bill,” he shares in the documentary.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

After the film’s Christmas release Catsimatidis was getting calls from people he had not heard from in years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

At the Christmas party at the building next door, for example.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis