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Christmas definition

Christ·mas (kris′məs)

noun

  1. a holiday on Dec. 25 celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
    also Christmas Day
  2. Christmastime

Etymology: ME Cristemas < OE Cristesmæsse: see Christ & Mass

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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