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522 Etymology dictionary, p. advent (n.).2
… preceding Christmas" (in reference to the "coming" of Christ), which was in late Old English, from Latin adventus "a coming, approach, arrival," in Church Latin "the …
523 Etymology dictionary, p. Black Friday (n.).2
… the Christmas shopping season and thus for stores often the busiest and biggest sales day of the year, but the exact sense of black (adj.) in it is uncertain.
524 Etymology dictionary, p. Boxing Day (n.).2
… after Christmas," on which by an English custom postmen, employees, and others can expect to receive a Christmas present; originally in reference to the custom …
525 Etymology dictionary, p. breakfast (n.).5
… : Christ/Christmas, holy/holiday, moon/Monday, sheep/shepherd, wild/wilderness, etc.
526 Etymology dictionary, p. carol (n.).2
… meaning "Christmas hymn of joy" is attested from c. 1500.
527 Etymology dictionary, p. carol (v.).2
… singing Christmas carols" it is from 1879, said to be a Victorian revival of an older English custom. Related: Caroled; caroling; caroler .
528 Etymology dictionary, p. caroling (n.).2
c. 1300, "a round dance accompanied by singing," verbal noun from carol (v.). As "a going from place to place in a group singing Christmas carols" by 1879.
529 Etymology dictionary, p. Christmas (n.).1
Christmas (n.)
530 Etymology dictionary, p. Christmas (n.).3
… . Christmas cards were first designed in 1843, popular by 1860s; the phrase Christmas-card was in use by 1850. Christmas present is from 1769. Christmas Eve is …
531 Etymology dictionary, p. Christmassy (adj.).2
"characteristic of or suitable for Christmas," 1852, from Christmas + -y (2).
532 Etymology dictionary, p. Christmas-tide (n.).1
Christmas-tide (n.)
533 Etymology dictionary, p. Christmas-tide (n.).2
also Christmastide, "period from Christmas Eve to Epiphany," 1620s, from Christmas + tide (n.).
534 Etymology dictionary, p. cracker (n.1).3
… with Christmas. By 1844 as simply cracker. Probably so called for the sound they make.
535 Etymology dictionary, p. creche (n.).2
"Christmas manger scene," 1792, from French crèche, from Old French cresche, creche "crib, manger, stall" (13c.), ultimately from Frankish or some other Germanic source …
536 Etymology dictionary, p. ember-goose (n.).2
also embergoose, "loon," 1744, from Norwegian emmer-gaas, perhaps so called from its appearing on the coast in the ember-days before Christmas.
537 Etymology dictionary, p. figgy (adj.).2
… the Christmas carol is a dish of dried figs stewed in wine that dates back to the Middle Ages but was more often associated with Lent than Christmas.
538 Etymology dictionary, p. fraternize (v.).2
… the Christmas Truce). Used oddly in World War II armed forces jargon to mean "have sex with women from enemy countries" as a violation of military discipline …
539 Etymology dictionary, p. *ghrei-.3
It forms all or part of: chrism; Christ; christen; Christian; Christmas; cream; grime; grisly; Kriss Kringle .
540 Etymology dictionary, p. Good Friday (n.).2
… to Christmas and Shrove Tuesday. Good Twelfthe Dai (c. 1500) was Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas).