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CHRISTMAS DAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Synonyms:
Christmas; Christmas Day; Dec 25; Xmas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Christmas Day" is a kind of...):
quarter day (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)
feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)
holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)
legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)
Holonyms ("Christmas Day" is a part of...):
Dec; December (the last (12th) month of the year)
Context examples:
Your big moment of the month will be Christmas Day, late on December 25 in the US and South America, and on December 26 for the rest of the world. (Chanukah falls from December 22 until 30, and Kwanza begins close too, on December 26.) Eclipses bring changes, and yours will be in your relationship, in either romance or business.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
