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Christmas noun

/ˈkrɪs.məs/ n [C or U]
(the period just before and after) 25 December, a Christian holy day which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ
We're going to my mother's for Christmas.
Happy Christmas!
We had a lovely Christmas.
the Christmas holidays

(Definition of Christmas noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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