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
The Christmas season around late December and early January
The festive time from late December to early January with old traditions
A Christmas season from December 24 to January 6
The time from December 24 to January 6 when people celebrate the holiday
The time from December 24 to January 6 when people celebrate Christmas
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.