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Christmastide
[kris-muhs-tahyd]
noun
the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
the period from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, especially in England.
Christmastide
/ ˈɪəˌٲɪ /
noun
another name for Christmas
Word History and Origins
Origin of Christmastide1
Example Sentences
Instead of caroling and ringing church bells, the most prominent sounds on Christmastide were now town criers calling: "No Christmas! No Christmas!"
The carol is based on an ancient Christian tradition known as Twelvetide or Christmastide - where Christmas Day is the first day of Christmas and 5 January is the last.
“The Dead Hand” — subtitled “A Tale of a Weird and Awful Christmastide”— focuses on a smitten housemaid, her unscrupulous lover and a dead Catholic priest’s mummified hand.
At Christmastide you can’t escape from the fact that Christianity centres on the birth of a child, and glories in it.
In the medieval Christian tradition, Christmastide didn’t end until Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Presentation of the Lord, on Feb. 2.
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When To Use
Christmastide is the period from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day.It can also refer to the period that extends from Christmas Eve to the feast of the Epiphany or Twelfth Day on January 6. This sense of the word is especially used in the U.K.Christmastide is similar to the word Christmastime, and their meanings can overlap, but Christmastime is usually used more generally to refer to the Christmas season, often the entire month of December.Christmastide is usually used more narrowly and is not commonly used outside of a religious context.Most often, the word Christmas refers to Christmas Day. But Christmas can be used to mean the same thing as Christmas season, Christmastime, or Christmastide.Example: I look forward to gathering with my family during Christmastide.
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