'Christmas' definitions:
Definition of 'Christmas'
(from WordNet)
noun
Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel]
noun
A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25]
Definition of 'Christmas'
From: GCIDE
- Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Christmas'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Advent,
- Allhallowmas,
- Allhallows,
- Allhallowtide,
- Annunciation,
- Annunciation Day,
- Ascension Day,
- Ash Wednesday,
- Candlemas,
- Candlemas Day,
- Carnival,
- Corpus Christi,
- Easter,
- Easter Monday,
- Easter Saturday,
- Easter Sunday,
- Eastertide,
- Ember days,
- Epiphany,
- Good Friday,
- Halloween,
- Hallowmas,
- Holy Thursday,
- Holy Week,
- Lady Day,
- Lammas,
- Lammas Day,
- Lammastide,
- Lent,
- Lententide,
- Mardi Gras,
- Martinmas,
- Maundy Thursday,
- Michaelmas,
- Michaelmas Day,
- Michaelmastide,
- Nativity,
- noel,
- Palm Sunday,
- Pancake Day,
- Passion Week,
- Pentecost,
- Quadragesima,
- Quadragesima Sunday,
- Septuagesima,
- Shrove Tuesday,
- Trinity Sunday,
- Twelfth-day,
- Twelfth-tide,
- Whit-Tuesday,
- White Sunday,
- Whitmonday,
- Whitsun,
- Whitsunday,
- Whitsuntide,
- Whitweek,
- yule,
- yuletide
Christmas, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Christmas, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000) :
1162
Housing Units (2000) :
446
Land area (2000) :
3.572145 sq. miles (9.251812 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.572145 sq. miles (9.251812 sq. km)
FIPS code :
12250
Located within :
Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location :
28.532428 N, 80.993956 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
32709
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Christmas'
- Christmas box,
- Christmas carol,
- Christmas day,
- Christmas eve,
- Christmas fern,
- Christmas flower,
- Christmas rose,
- Christmas tree,
- Christmas, FL,
- Night Before Christmas,
- christmas begonia,
- christmas bells,
- christmas berry,
- christmas bush,
- christmas cactus,
- christmas cake,
- christmas card,
- christmas disease,
- christmas factor,
- christmas gift,
- christmas green,
- christmas holly,
- christmas present,
- christmas pudding,
- christmas star,
- christmas stocking,
- father christmas