Christmastime

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Christmas season; Christmastide; yuletide countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 wordnet

Example

More examples

"It was Christmastime and everything ends right during this happy season, so putting the soiled apron into the box from which she took the kitten and putting the kitten into the wash basin intended for the apron was only a slight mixup, from which mischievous Esther would soon clear herself."

Etymology

From Christmas + time.

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