to christmas
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7.0
- verb
- /ˈkrɪs·məs/
- Archaic
- Every December, I love to christmas by baking cookies and wrapping presents.
Examples
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Last year, we decided to christmas with a big family dinner and gift exchange.
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We always christmas by decorating our house with lights and ornaments.
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And then you just take that and you Christmas get it everywhere.
Synonyms
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5.6
Celebrate loudly with food, drink, and dancing
Idioms
- Informal
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8.3
Very excited and happy like a child who gets presents
A decision that harms the people who make it, such as agreeing to lower pay
Compounds
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1.0
A large sock that children hang by the fireplace for Santa to fill with small gifts at Christmas
- Literature
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8.4
A claim that some people are trying to stop public Christmas celebrations
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2.5
A rich sweet cooked with dried fruit and spices and served at Christmas in Britain
- Archaic
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2.4
A gift you give at Christmas to people who do a job for you, like a milkman or postman
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7.6
A low, soft green plant with creeping stems often used to make Christmas wreaths
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2.7
An evergreen plant with spiny leaves and red berries used to decorate homes at Christmas
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4.1
A houseplant from Brazil with flat stem sections and pink or purple flowers that bloom in winter
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9.9
A North American fern that stays green in winter and has long divided leaves
- Australian
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8.2
An Australian small tree or bush with bright red flowers used as a Christmas decoration
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6.9
A plant with white or pale purple rose-like flowers that bloom in winter often near Christmas
- Australian
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7.8
A plant with bell-shaped orange or red flowers that bloom around Christmas
- Australian
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8.0
An Australian tree with bright yellow-orange flowers seen in December
A plant with many large pink flowers that blooms in winter and people keep indoors
- Specialized
A rare bleeding disorder that people have from birth because their blood lacks a clotting protein called factor IX
- Specialized
A protein in the blood that helps blood form clots and stop bleeding
A plant with red leaves like a poinsettia that people use to decorate at Christmas
How Festive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word christmas comes from the old English phrase Cristes mæsse, which means 'Christ's mass', a special church service for Jesus. So, to christmas as a verb means to celebrate or prepare for that holiday with decorations, songs, and family traditions.