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561 Etymology dictionary, p. rest (v.2).5
… . The Christmas carol lyric God rest ye merry, gentlemen, often is mispunctuated.
562 Etymology dictionary, p. Santa Claus (n.).2
… ). Father Christmas is attested from 1650s.
563 Etymology dictionary, p. Scrooge (n.).2
… "A Christmas Carol." It does not appear to be a genuine English surname; in old dictionaries it is an 18c. variant of scrouge "to squeeze, press, crowd (someone)," also …
564 Etymology dictionary, p. shopping (n.).3
… purchase Christmas gifts, by 1881.
565 Etymology dictionary, p. snapdragon (n.).2
… a Christmas game of plucking raisins from burning brandy and eating them alight, from 1704.
566 Etymology dictionary, p. stocking (n.).4
… for Christmas presents, attested from 1830 in American English; hence stocking-stuffer (1891); stocking-filler (1862). By 1873 as a place to hide one's money or …
567 Etymology dictionary, p. turkey (n.).4
… English Christmas. Meaning "inferior show, failure," is 1927 in show business slang, probably from the bird's reputation for stupidity. Meaning "stupid, ineffectual …
568 Etymology dictionary, p. twelfth (adj., n.).3
As a noun meaning "a twelfth part," from 1550s. Twelfth Night is Old English twelftan niht "Twelfth Night," the eve of Epiphany, which comes twelve days after Christmas, formerly an occasion of social rites and a time of merrymaking.
569 Etymology dictionary, p. victim (n.).2
… Weihnachten "Christmas") on notion of "a consecrated animal."
570 Etymology dictionary, p. wassail.3
… in Christmas Eve celebrations. Meaning "a carousal, reveling" first attested c. 1600. Wassailing "custom of going caroling house to house at Christmas time …
571 Etymology dictionary, p. white (adj.).6
… . White Christmas in reference to snow is attested from 1847. White House as the name of the U.S. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. White water "river …
572 Etymology dictionary, p. yule (n.).2
… , geola "Christmas Day, Christmastide," which is cognate with Old Norse jol (plural), the name of a heathen feast, later taken over by Christianity; the Germanic …
573 Etymology dictionary, p. yule (n.).3
After conversion to Christianity the word narrowed to mean "the 12-day feast of the Nativity" (which began Dec. 25), but was replaced by Christmas by 11c., except in the northeast (areas of Danish settlement), where it remained the usual word.
574 Etymology dictionary, p. yule (n.).4
… "the Christmas of 'Merrie England.' " First direct reference to the Yule log is 17c. According to some sources, Old Norse jol was borrowed into Old French as jolif …
575 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dionysia.4
… our Christmas. On the first day (11th of the month) the wine-cask was opened; on the second was the feast of pitchers. Wine was drunk, and contests in trumpet-playing …
576 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hind of the Morning, The.4
… Hood, Christmas Evans, the Preacher of Wild Wales, 92 ff.
577 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 2.36
… . The Christmas date, December 25, is first met with in the West in the 4th century (the eastern date was January 6), and was then possibly borrowed from a pagan festival …
578 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4a.26
… , the Christmas hymn of the generations ( Luke 2:1 - 14 ). The shepherds, guided as to how to recognize the babe ( Luke 2:12 ), went at once, and found it to be ever, as they had …
579 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentecost.9
… of Christmas, which began to appear about 360 AD. Easter, the beginning of the pentecostal period, closed the "Quadragesima," or "Lent," the entire period of which …
580 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Vulgate.49
… . On Christmas Day, 801 AD, he presented the emperor with the emended text. The authority by which this text was prepared and its public use together with the …