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    Christ·mas·time
    [ˈkrɪsməstʌɪm]
    noun
    Christmas-time (noun)
    1. the period immediately before and after 25 December:
      "a special holiday dish traditionally eaten at Christmastime"
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    What does Christmastime mean?
    Add Christmastime to one of your lists below, or create a new one. Christmastime definition: the Christmas season, or the period from about December 24th to January 1st or January 6th. Learn more.

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    What is Christmas etymology?
    The Christmas season, especially in the West, is a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular traditions. What’s interesting is the etymology of the word Christmas. It literally means Christian Mass. It’s a shortened form of Christ’s Mass. Christmas is a time of spiritual reflection on the important foundations of the Christian faith.

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    What is the abbreviation for Christmas?
    Xmas is an abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in the Greek Χριστός, although some style guides discourage its use. This abbreviation has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where Χρ̄ is another abbreviation of the Greek word).

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    When was Christmas first celebrated?
    For a long time the celebration of Jesus’ birth was observed in conjunction with his baptism, celebrated January 6. Christmas began to be widely celebrated with a specific liturgy in the 9th century but did not attain the liturgical importance of either Good Friday or Easter, the other two major Christian holidays.

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    WEB3 days ago · Christmas, Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or …

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    WEBChristmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 [a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

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