Christmas and the festivities connected therewith. (Still the name in Scottish and northern dialect; since 1850 also a literary archaism in English).

Christmas Day.

the time around midwinter; spec. Christmas time.

The middle of winter; spec. †(a) Christmas Day (25 December) (obsolete); (b) the day of the winter solstice (21 or 22 December in the northern…

the day on which the festival of Christmas is celebrated, the 25th of December.

The festival marking the birth of Christ, celebrated by most Western Christian churches on the 25th of December (see note). Also more generally: an…

A holy season or time of year; spec. (occasionally) Christmas; (most commonly) Shrovetide. Cf. tide, n. 6a.

†(a) Christmas Day, 25 December (obsolete); (b) a day in midwinter.

Christmas.

Christian Church. The feast of the birth of Jesus (celebrated on 25 December); Christmas Day. Also (with modifying phrase): the feast of the birth of…

The feast of Christmas; Christmastide. Obsolete.

The feast of Christmas; Christmastide; = Nowell, n. 1. rare.

Christmas, Yule. Obsolete.

Christmas.

the season of Yule, Christmas-tide.

Christmas. Cf. Christmastide n. at Christmas, n.1 int.compounds 2.

the season of Christmas as celebrated in the church calendar; the period extending from Christmas Day to Epiphany; (in general use) the period…

the period around Christmas Day; the Christmas season.

(with the) the Christmas period.

Christmas. Cf. Crimble, n. Also used in interjections: cf. Christmas, int.

Christmas. Frequently (and in earliest use) as a modifier. Cf. Crimbo, n. Crimble, n.