Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The season of Yule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The time or season of Yule or Christmas.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern)
winter solstice , later absorbed into the festival ofChristmas . - noun dated
Christmas season , theperiod aroundChristmas ,Christmastime . - noun Australia, regional The period of southern winter, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas and snow, originally a marketing gimmick.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Etymologies
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Examples
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And since Yuletide is only around the corner, we suspicion this would be the great giveaway to suggest you!!
New Life On A Homestead Blog Archive Crayola Gift Giveaway admin 2009
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And since Yuletide is only around the corner, we suspicion this would be the great giveaway to suggest you!!
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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If somebody goes into it trying to maximize popularity, they're missing the real fun of Yuletide, which is spreading joy and challenging themselves.
yuletide 2009: hit counts, comments, and predictions for 2010 hradzka 2010
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A great festival would be held, called the Yuletide, and a special feast would be served around a fire burning with the Yule log.
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Restoration Dissenters continued to call Yuletide "Fooltide".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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I'm leaving this post here and tagging it "Yuletide" so I can refer to it when I'm thinking of Yuletide fandoms for next year.
APED: "dogs playing poker" hradzka 2009
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It has a kind of Yuletide charm to it, don't you think? posted by fusenumber8 @ 12:01 AM
Dickens Letter fusenumber8 2006
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It has a kind of Yuletide charm to it, don't you think? posted by fusenumber8 @ 12:01 AM
Archive 2006-12-01 fusenumber8 2006
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'Yuletide', a variety with rich-red flowers at Christmas (ideal for cutting) and a sarcococca scent, though such things are subjective: it has been described as more like a musty church.
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'Yuletide' belongs to the species sasanqua, one of the easier types of camellias to grow.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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