christmas

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CHRISTMAS, noun 1. The festival of the Christian church observed annually on the 25th day of December, in memory of the birth of Christ, and celebrated by a particular church service. The festival includes twelve days 2. Christmas-day.
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