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# christmas

«christmas» in Mova's school dictionary: **the Christian festival in December that celebrates the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Christmas, Christmases); proper noun, always with a capital C

### meaning for a pupil

1) Christmas is the Christian festival in December that celebrates the birth of Jesus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#m1)

2) Christmas is also the holiday season around it, with presents, decorations and family meals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the USA, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia and NZ, Christmas is a big public holiday: Christmas trees, Santa Claus (Father Christmas), stockings, carols, crackers; in Australia and NZ it is in summer, so families may have a barbecue or go to the beach. In school, there are nativity plays and holiday concerts; not everyone celebrates it, and other festivals like Hanukkah and Diwali happen around then too. Phrases: Merry Christmas, Happy Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, at Christmas.

### examples

- We put up the Christmas tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x1)
- Merry Christmas, everyone! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x2)
- In Australia, Christmas is in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x3)
- I hung my stocking on Christmas Eve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x4)
- We pulled Christmas crackers at dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x5)
- Santa brings presents at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x6)
- Not everyone celebrates Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x7)
- Our school had a Christmas concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x8)
- Oh! when will Christmas be here? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/#x9)

### note

Always a capital C. The t is silent: KRIS-mus. Short form: Xmas. Say «at Christmas» (the season) and «on Christmas Day» (the day). Father Christmas (UK) = Santa Claus.

### In the corpora

- [Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/7/)
- [In Cork, twenty-three people squeeze into Gran's house for Christmas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/3/)
- [Scene: at Christmas dinner in Leeds, Grandad and Auntie Jo argue about the government until the gravy goes cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/4/)
- [Vivid example: at Christmas in Dublin, Auntie Siobhan hands Mum a lumpy orange jumper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/2/)
- [A pet is for life: a puppy given as a Christmas present grows up and needs many years of care.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «christmas» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmas/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.