christmas

Определение christmas в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Christmas Day, the day it is celebrated, 25 December, an English quarter day
This Christmas we'll open presents then go to grandma's for dinner.; A personification of Christmas; Christmas season, the end of the year period, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas; A widely celebrated festival commemorating the nativity of Jesus Christ, incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian and secular customs
Do you celebrate Christmas?.; Christmastide, the Twelve Days of Christmas, the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the celebration of Christ's birth
The Christmas shoppers spent less this December, than last year, but our store will probably see just as many returned items during the twelve days of Christmas.; The period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas
The last three Christmases have been good for retailers.; An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality; Besides being December 25th and the day Christians mark as the celebration of the birth of Jesus (Christ's Mass), Christmas is also a Church season, running from December 25th to Epiphany (January 6th) It is this twelve-day period that is sometimes referred to as the Twelve Days of Christmas; The day it is celebrated, 25th December, an English quarter day; The season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the celebration of Christs birth; {i} Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ (celebrated on December 25); Yule; period before and after Christmas, period around December 25th; Christian church season from December 24th to January 6th; {n} the feast of the nativity of Christ; {i} surname of a child with Christmas disease; Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December. The day after Christmas is generally a busy one for retailers Merry Christmas, Mom; Christmas is the period of several days around and including Christmas Day. He'll be in the hospital over Christmas, so we'll be spending our Christmas Day there. the period of time around 25 December, the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ at Christmas. Christian festival celebrated on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus. December 25 had already been identified by Sextus Julius Africanus in AD 221 as the day on which Christmas would be celebrated, and it was celebrated in Rome by AD 336. During the Middle Ages Christmas became extremely popular, and various liturgical celebrations of the holiday were established. The practice of exchanging gifts had begun by the 15th century. The Yule log, cakes, and fir trees derive from German and Celtic customs. Christmas today is regarded as a family festival with gifts brought by Santa Claus (see St. Nicholas). As an increasingly secular festival, it has come to be celebrated by many non-Christians; {f} spend Christmas (e.g.: "My daughter Christmassed with her friends"); The Christian holiday which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ; A summer holiday For the life of me I can't understand why they play Jingle Bells and White Christmas in stores and on the radio!; period extending from Dec 24 to Jan 6; A celebration of the birth of Christ and the coming of hope for all people; Christmas is the feast commemorating the birth of Christ It is fixed in the liturgical year as December 25 and is preceded by four week of fast called Advent The Gospels recount a census that compelled Joseph and Mary to journey to "the town of David which is called Bethlehem" and while they were there she was delivered of a child "And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the in " (Luke 2: 4-7) The birth was heralded by angels who announced to Jewish shepherds that their Messiah had come Later, wise men from the east, gentiles, arrived to acknowledge Christ's birth In the Middle Ages, Christmas was not an extremely important feast; it was far less solemnly celebrated than Easter For Kempe, however, with her frequent references to Christ and a child, and her imagining that she was present as a handmaiden to the Virgin, the moment had particular resonance [Chapter 37] [Chapter 89]; the annual celebration of Christ's birth: the selection of 25 December in the West was influenced by the Roman practice around the year 366AD; n Hari Natal (hari); (December 25th) the celebration of the Nativity (birth) of Christ in Bethlehem The celebration lasts 12 days and is ended with Twelfth Night festivities (BCP pp 160 – 161, 212 – 213); The Feast of Incarnation, beginning on December 25 This feast of Christ's nativity and incarnation continues for twelve days and ends on January 5, the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany; Where four, six, or eight dancers come together with crossed hands joined behind their backs to swing Nowadays, for reasons of safety, most dancers adopt a standard hold, with L arms going over and R arms under those of the dancers either side while the L hand grips the wrist of the next-but-one dancer as the R wrist is gripped by another L hand R hands should be held flat against the back of the adjoining dancer rather than with bunched knuckles to prevent causing hurt to the small of the back Variations are described in the Study Notes of those sets which require them (8 or 16 bars); a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland period extending from Dec 24 to Jan 6 spend Christmas; "We were christmassing in New York"; The festival which celebrates the birth of Jesus; a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland; Crimble; Yule; Nativity; Noel
Christmas Day: the day on which Christmas is celebrated. Usually held on December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches
Christmas Days: plural form of Christmas Day
Christmas Eve: The day before Christmas Day
Christmas Eve: The evening before Christmas Day
Christmas Island: non self-governing territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean
Christmas Island: Alternative name for Kiritimati, an island of Kiribati
Christmas Islander: A person from the Christmas Island or of descent of the Christmas Island
Christmas bells: A common name for sandersonias, native to South Africa
Christmas berry: toyon
Christmas box: A bonus or gift given to an employee by an employer at Christmas; traditionally on Boxing Day
Christmas boxes: plural form of Christmas box
Christmas cake: A rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing traditionally eaten at Christmas
Christmas cakes: plural form of Christmas cake
Christmas card: a greeting card that is decorated in a manner that celebrates Christmas
Christmas cards: plural form of Christmas card
Christmas carol: a carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter season in general
Christmas carols: plural form of Christmas carol
Christmas club: A type of savings scheme in which a person pays in money through the course of a year and gets back a total at around Christmas time ready to buy gifts or treats for Christmas. Such schemes have been run by banks and retailers and generally only involve fairly small amounts of money
Christmas clubs: plural form of Christmas club
Christmas cookie: A sugar cookie, usually cut in festive shapes, that is made and eaten at Christmas
Christmas cookies: plural form of Christmas cookie
Christmas cracker: A table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or toy; a pair a people pull the ends of the cracker causing an embedded device to make a crack sound as the cracker breaks in two and the contents are released
Christmas crackers: plural form of Christmas cracker
Christmas creep: The inexorable tendency for the commercial aspects of Christmas to appear earlier every year
Christmas disease: haemophilia B
Christmas fern: An evergreen fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) of eastern North America
Christmas ferns: plural form of Christmas fern
Christmas ham: A ham, boiled and then baked in the oven with mustard, served sliced at Christmas as one of the traditionally most important parts of the Scandinavian julbord (special Christmas-time smörgåsbord)
Christmas hams: plural form of Christmas ham
Christmas is coming: An emphatic imperative regarding an impending deadline
Christmas lights: Lights used at Christmas to decorate a tree, house etc
Christmas list: a list, normally on paper, of items one wants to receive as presents for Christmas
A handbag was way out of my league and so was a silver necklace that I wouldn't even put on my Christmas list, since no one in my family could afford it.
Christmas list: a list, normally on paper, of people one is going to send cards or presents to at Christmas
What a great idea for the many friends and neighbors on your Christmas list!.
Christmas lists: plural form of Christmas list
Christmas number one: the single at the top of the singles charts on Christmas Day (25 December)
Christmas present: A present given or received at Christmas time
Christmas presents: plural form of Christmas present
Christmas pudding: A rich dessert traditional eaten at Christmas, made from dried fruit and nuts
Christmas puddings: plural form of Christmas pudding
Christmas seal: A charity label placed on mail during the Christmas season as a form of cinderella stamp
Christmas season: Christmastide, the Twelve Days of Christmas, starting on Christmas Day and ending on Epiphany, January 6
Christmas season: Yuletide
Christmas season: The period at the end of the year when retailers promote Christmas shopping opportunities
Christmas season: The winter season starting around Thanksgiving (typically Black Friday) and ending at or about New Year's Eve
Christmas season: Advent, the period from Advent Sunday (inclusive) through the start of Epiphany
Christmas seasons: plural form of Christmas season
Christmas star: Star of Bethlehem
Christmas stocking: A stocking hung up by a child on Christmas Eve and filled with gifts, ostensibly by Santa Claus
Christmas stockings: plural form of Christmas stocking
Christmas time: Christmastide
Christmas time: The Christmas season
Christmas time: Yuletide
Christmas times: plural form of Christmas time
Christmas tree: A conifer used during the Christmas holiday season, typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often a star or angel at its tip
Christmas tree: A pattern of muscles visible in the lower back, shaped to look like a conifer
Christmas tree: A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race
Christmas tree: The collection of valves sometimes found at the top of a working oil well
Christmas tree bill: A bill consisting of many riders that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments, which may provide special benefits to various groups or interests
Christmas tree bills: plural form of Christmas tree bill
Christmas trees: plural form of Christmas tree
Christmas Day: Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated. December 25th, the day when most Christians celebrate the birth of Christ
Christmas Eve: night before Christmas, night of December 24
Christmas Eve: Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day. December 24th, the day before Christmas Day
Christmas Island: Territory of Christmas Island, island in the Indian Ocean which is under Australian rule
Christmas Mass: religious church service conducted on Christmas as a celebration of the birth of Christ
Christmas Nativity Scene: Christmas scene that includes Virgin Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus and the three Wise Men
Christmas break: vacation given from schools and universities in some countries for approximately two weeks during and after the Christmas holiday
Christmas cactus: An epiphytic cactus (Schlumbergera ×bridgesii) of Brazilian ancestry, widely cultivated as a houseplant and having jointed flat segments with crenate margins and showy, often magenta or rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
Christmas cake: A Christmas cake is a special cake that is eaten at Christmas in Britain and some other countries. a special cake that people eat in Britain at Christmas
Christmas card: Christmas cards are cards with greetings, which people send to their friends and family at Christmas. A greeting card sent at Christmas to express goodwill. a special card that people send to friends and relatives at Christmas
Christmas card: holiday greeting sent in honor of Christmas
Christmas carol: a Christian song that people sing at Christmas
Christmas carol: song or poem celebrating the holiday of Christmas
Christmas club: A savings account, as in a bank, requiring periodic deposits to ensure money for shopping at Christmas
Christmas cookie: a special cookie that people eat in the US at Christmas
Christmas dinner: a special meal that people eat on Christmas Day
Christmas disease: {i} (Haematology) Hemophilia B, hereditary blood coagulation disorder, form of haemophilia caused by congenital deficiency of clotting factor IX in the blood
Christmas disease: A type of hemophilia that is caused by a deficiency of factor IX
Christmas factor: {i} factor IX, coagulation factor that is fundamental for the blood-clotting process (the absence of factor IX is associated with hemophilia B)
Christmas fern: A North American evergreen fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds. Also called canker brake, dagger fern
Christmas holiday: vacation which occurs during the Christmas and New Year season
Christmas movie: feature film released prior to the Christmas holiday season
Christmas present: gift given in honor of Christmas
Christmas pudding: Christmas pudding is a special pudding that is eaten at Christmas. = plum pudding. a special sweet food that contains a lot of dried fruit and is eaten in Britain at the end of the main meal on Christmas Day
Christmas rose: A European perennial evergreen herb (Helleborus niger) cultivated for its white or pinkish flowers that bloom in winter
Christmas stocking: A Christmas stocking is a long sock which children hang up on Christmas Eve. During the night, parents fill the stocking with small presents. = stocking
Christmas tree: A Christmas tree is a fir tree, or an artificial tree that looks like a fir tree, which people put in their houses at Christmas and decorate with coloured lights and ornaments. Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. The Christian symbol can be traced to a German medieval play about Adam and Eve, which included the "paradise tree," hung with apples. The modern, decorated version was widespread among German Lutherans by the 18th century. Brought to North America by German settlers in the 17th century, it had become widespread there by the mid-19th century. It was popularized in 19th-century England by Victoria's consort, the German Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg
Christmas tree: pine tree that is decorated in homes in honor of Christmas
Christmas tree lights: string of small lights connected by an electrical wire (used to decorate Christmas trees and homes during the Christmas season)
christmas begonia: hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers
christmas bells: any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers
christmas box: {i} present given at Christmas
christmas box: a present given at Christmas for services during the year
christmas bush: Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
christmas cactus: epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
christmas cake: a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
christmas card: a card expressing a Christmas greeting
christmas day: a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
christmas eve: the day before Christmas
christmas factor: coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B
christmas fern: North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
christmas present: a present given at Christmas time
christmas rose: European evergreen plant with white or purplish roselike winter-blooming flowers
christmas stocking: a stocking that is filled with small Christmas presents
christmas tree: an option spread composed of a long option and two short options, one at each of two strikes which are further out-of-the-money
christmas tree: The system of pipes, valves, gauges and related equipment that is located on the well at ground level and that controls the flow of gas and other petroleum products produced from the well
christmas tree: Oil industry term for "wellhead"
christmas tree: An electronic starting device incorporating calibrated lights displaying a visual countdown for each driver, activated by a designated official
christmas tree: The 3-7-10 or 2-7-10 split; so-called because of the triangular arrangement
christmas tree: An assembly of valves, gauges, and chokes mounted on a well casinghead to control production and the flow of oil to the pipelines
christmas tree: An electronic starting device incorporating calibrated lights displaying a visual countdown for each driver, activated by a desginated official
christmas tree: The arrangement of pipes and valves at the wellhead which controls the flow of oil and gas and prevents blowouts
christmas tree: tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and gray bark
christmas tree: A beutiful Tree that you put your gifts under to sit and wait for Christmas morning
christmas tree: pipes and valves fitted to a production wellhead to control flow of oil or gas and prevent blowouts
christmas tree: A type of ratio vertical spread where Options are sold at two or more different exercise prices
christmas tree: The valves and fittings at the top of a well designed to control and direct the flow of well fluids
christmas tree: The 3-7-10 or 2-7-10
christmas tree: The valves and fittings installed at the top of a gas or oil well to control and direct the flow of well fluids
christmas tree: Also called the Tree, it is the noticeable electronic starting device between the lanes on the starting line It displays a calibrated-light countdown for each driver
christmas tree: a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
christmas tree: An assembly of valves mounted on the casinghead through which a well is produced The Christmas tree also contains valves for testing the well and for shutting it in if necessary
christmas tree: medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
christmas tree: Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
christmas tree: an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
A Christmas Carol: A novella written in 1843 by Charles Dickens about the ideological, ethical, and emotional transformations of Ebenezer Scrooge that result from visits of ghosts
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Father Christmas: Santa Claus
Ghost of Christmas Future: The fictional character Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Ghost of Christmas Past: A fictional ghost, and character of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him his past, especially certain events around Christmases of past years that contributed for the change of heart of Scrooge from liking to despising Christmas
Ghost of Christmas Present: A fictional ghost, who is a character of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and is giant, wears a green robe and visits Ebenezer Scrooge accompanied by a great feast in order to show him events of the current Christmas
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: A fictional ghost, who is a character of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, that wears a black robe, remains silent, and visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided
Happy Christmas: Alternative form of Merry Christmas
Little Christmas: January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany
Merry Christmas: Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day
Have a merry Christmas, Jack. / Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year: A traditional greeting for the Christmas and the new year
Twelve Days of Christmas: Christmastide, Christmas time, Christmas season: the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6
Twelve Days of Christmas: title of a Christmas carol in which one person gives another person successively greater and more numerous presents each day of the Christmas season
Women's Christmas: January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany, and traditionally a day for men to do the housework
like turkeys voting for Christmas: Accepting or bringing about a situation with negative consequences for the individual
like turkeys voting for an early Christmas: Alternative form of like turkeys voting for Christmas
white Christmas: A Christmas Day on which there is a ground covering of snow
At Environment Canada, senior climatologist David Phillips' standard for a white Christmas calls for at least two centimeters of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. . . . In England, if a weather guy sees a snowflake, they call it a white Christmas..
white Christmas: A sweet food item made from dried fruits and nuts mixed with copha or white chocolate or some similar sweet white binding and allowed to set in a tray to make slices
Combine rice bubbles, coconut, milk powder, dried fruit and cherries, mix well.
A Christmas Carol: a short novel by Charles Dickens about an unpleasant old man called Scrooge who hates to spend money. On Christmas Eve several ghosts visit him to warn him about what will happen if he does not change. When he wakes up the next morning, he becomes a happy generous person, especially to his worker Bob Cratchit and Cratchit's sick son, Tiny Tim
Father Christmas: Santa Claus, fictional character associated with Christmas
Father Christmas: Father Christmas is the name given to an imaginary old man with a long white beard and a red coat. Traditionally, young children in many countries are told that he brings their Christmas presents. = Santa Claus. Santa Claus. an imaginary man who wears red clothes, has a long white beard, and is said to bring presents to children at Christmas = Santa Claus
Merry Christmas: have a happy Christmas, I wish you an enjoyable Christmas holiday
Night Before Christmas: a poem by Clement Moore which contains many of the popular ideas and images that Americans think of about Santa Claus. It has been set to music, made into a television film, and appears printed in newspapers and magazines at Christmastime
as regular as Christmas: usually, regularly, customarily
off someone's Christmas card list: (of a person) not on friendly terms any more with a person
white Christmas: A white Christmas is a Christmas when it snows