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Yuletide
Definitions
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”). alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 2 The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself. countable, dated, uncountable
"Deck the halls with boughs of holly, / Fa la la la la la la la la! / 'Tis the season to be jolly, / Fa la la la la la la la la! / Don we now our gay apparel, / Fa la la la la la la la la! / Troll the ancient yuletide carol, / Fa la la la la la la la la!"
- 3 period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 wordnet
- 4 The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands. countable, uncountable
- 5 The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas (but sometimes recreated by modern neo-pagans). countable, dated, uncountable
"For this is the Yuletide, and the heathen people of the forest are gathered at the thunder-oak of Geismar to worship their god, Thor."
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- 6 The period of southern winter in the middle of the year, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas, which originated as a marketing gimmick. Australia, countable, regional, uncountable
"Note that the colder winter months (June–Aug) are the busiest season. This period is known as Yuletide—the locals' version of the Christmas period, when most places offer traditional Christmas dinners and roaring log fires."
Etymology
From Yule (“Germanic Winter Festival”) + -tide (“period around a festival, season”); compare Swedish juletid.
Though attested late (c. 1475), probably dates back to Old English *ġēoltīd (literally “Christmas season”). See there for more; equivalent to Yule + -tide.
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