Christmastime
- noun
- /ˈkrɪs·məsˌtaɪm/
- Every year at Christmastime, my family gathers to celebrate with festive meals and decorations.
Examples
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"Nobody should go hungry at Christmastime," she said.
Fiction book (1997) -
One of the highlights for children during Christmastime is the arrival of Santa Claus!
Blog text (27) -
It's Christmastime in New York.
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And Christmastime was always the worst.
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But that must be some other time, because now it was Christmastime.
Fiction book (1996) -
The mall at Christmastime is like oxygen for me.
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I wanted to give my kids their own sense of ethnic identity, especially at Christmastime.
Academic text (1996) -
For more than twenty years, the art has been displayed at Christmastime.
Academic text (1991) -
Ron Miller is hosting an open house as part of Christmastime in Loganville.
Blog text (10) -
Joe came back to Indiana at Christmastime and experienced the other extreme of Indiana weather—subzero temperatures.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
A Christmas season from December 24 to January 6
The Christmas season around late December and early January
The festive time from late December to early January with old traditions
The time from December 24 to January 6 when people celebrate Christmas
The time from December 24 to January 6 when people celebrate the holiday
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Christmastime comes from Christmas and time. Christmas originally meant 'Christ's mass', a church service, so Christmastime is the 'time' for that celebration, the period around Christmas often from about December 24 to January 6.