Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The season of Christmas.
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- noun The Christmas
season ;yuletide
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- noun period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Etymologies
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Examples
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I really like the YouTube video from a guy who calls himself "alabamaharpist" (aka Steven Todd Miller) above, doing a cover of "Christmastime is Here," my favorite Guaraldi/Charlie Brown Christmas song.
Boing Boing 2008
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Why spoil the "holiday season"-that festive, too brief interval that Bill O'Reilly and I call Christmastime-by repeating the same complaints I harp on the rest of the year?
The New Yorker Hendrik Hertzberg 2010
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Bob Schneider, who's released his latest album 'Lovely Creatures' this fall, surprised fans with a new holiday album called 'Christmastime' available now for digital download thru his website.
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This is the only track we're allowed to post, but my favorite is "Christmastime," a song written by Michael Penn and Jon Brion, and originally recorded by Mann and Penn back in 1996 for the ridiculous compilation Just Say Noel.
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This is the only track we're allowed to post, but my favorite is "Christmastime," a song written by Michael Penn and Jon Brion, and originally recorded by Mann and Penn back in 1996 for the ridiculous compilation Just Say Noel.
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Parishioners and visitors could not get to Masses through snow and ice at Christmastime, meaning collection plates lacked important December donations.
Catholic Sentinel - 2009
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As we head into the grand consumption festival you call "Christmastime," I want to go out on a limb and break the tree-to-human silence.
NashvilleScene.com 2009
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In a beautiful Christmastime wedding, our family increased — not by one but by three.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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I think that two weeks is more common at Christmastime.
Semana Santa 2009
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Eureka's Christmastime episode is not merely a stand-alone, it's animated.
Ask Matt: The Good Wife's Move, Community, Sons of Anarchy and More! 2011
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