Meaning and Origin
What does the name Christmas mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Christmas is of English origin and means "Christmas is celabrated to remember the birth of jesus christ,who christains beleive is gods son. the word Christmas comes from the lords son. the lords son died for us and came back alive".
Etymology: Christ + mass
- A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
- Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse (literally ”Christ's mass”). Equivalent to Christ + -mas.
- A festival, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian and secular customs, which is celebrated on December 25 in most places.
- Do you celebrate ?
- This we'll open presents then go to grandma's for dinner.
- The Twelve Days of Christmas: Christmastide; the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the holiday.
- A personification of Christmas.
- (marketing, retailing) The Christmas season, variously defined as the period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, or the end of the year period, when consumers shop and prepare for Christmas.
- The last three have been good for retailers.
- shoppers spent less this December, than last year, but our store will probably see just as many returned items during the twelve days of Christmas.
Christmas was also found in the following language(s): Scots