Meaning of Christmas Day | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Christmas Day.
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2. The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches.

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Examples

“When Christmas Day falls upon a Saturday (as it did in 1736,) the Collect, Epistle and Gospel for St. Stephen's Day follows of Course, and no Notice is taken of the Sunday after Christmas Day”

“The breakdown of our holidays into days of mere worldly diversion is pathetic—e. g.: Fourth of July without patriotism, Thanksgiving day without thanks and Christmas day without Christ. What insults to the Almighty! Let us make it not alone a Santa-mas, but a Christ-mas.”

“The Euterpeans scheduled their first performance for Christmas day when a double bill of The Hough Diamond and Family Pictures was to be presented.”

“I find myself on Christmas day with people who are so tedious that a trip to the john appears an extravaganza by comparison.”

“The year David turned six, Rose abandoned the Midas dream and left everything, including David, behind. It wasn't until the lonely and celebrationless Christmas day of that year that David accepted that his mother wasn't coming back.”

“With their themes and varied attractions, these parties became a much-anticipated event for Kingstonians on Christmas day after their dinner.”

“Christmas day in 1998, we lived on the Pacific Ocean in Pacific Grove, California and watched a gam of whales breaching in the deep ultramarine water.”

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