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Webster 1913 Edition
Christmas
Christ′mas
,Noun.
[
Christ
+ mass
.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmas box
. (a)
A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b)
A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
– Christmas carol
, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas.
– Christmas day
. Same as
– Christmas
. Christmas eve
, the evening before Christmas.
– Christmas fern
(Bot.)
, an evergreen North American fern (
– Aspidium acrostichoides
), which is much used for decoration in winter. Christmas flower
, Christmas rose
the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter.
– Christmas tree
, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve.
Webster 1828 Edition
Christmas
CHRISTMAS
, n.1.
The festival of the Christian church observed annually on the 25th day of December, in memory of the birth of Christ, and celebrated by a particular church service. The festival includes twelve days2.
Christmas-day.