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Twixtmas

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twixmasnoun(slang) The period in between Christmas Day and New Year, typically December 27th–31st where Boxing Day is observed, and December 26th–31st elsewhere (i.e. the first six of the Twelve Days of Christmas).
christmasnoun(originally Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
christmastidenounThe Christmas season.
thanksmasnoun(informal) A celebration held between Thanksgiving and Christmas, especially because a family is unable to get together at either of the other dates.
yulenounChristmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).
xmastidenounAbbreviation of Christmastide. [The Twelve Days of Christmas; the period from Christmas Day to Epiphany.]
twelfth-tidenounAlternative form of Twelfthtide. [(archaic or obsolete) The season including Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas) and the evening of the preceding day (Twelfth Night), regarded as the end of the Christmas season; Epiphany itself.]
twelve days of christmasnounThe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6.
boxing daynounThe day after Christmas; the 26th of December.
twelfthtidenoun(archaic or obsolete) The season including Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas) and the evening of the preceding day (Twelfth Night), regarded as the end of the Christmas season; Epiphany itself.
christmas timenounThe Christmas season.
christmas seasonnoun(US, informal, retail and marketing) The winter season starting around Thanksgiving (typically Black Friday) and ending at or about New Year's Eve.
twelfth tidenounAlternative form of Twelfthtide. [(archaic or obsolete) The season including Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas) and the evening of the preceding day (Twelfth Night), regarded as the end of the Christmas season; Epiphany itself.]
winter breaknounA period of time off during the winter, especially over the Christmas period.
midwinternounThe middle of winter.
yuletidenounThe flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.
twelfth nightnounA Christian festival marking the coming of Epiphany and concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas, traditionally falling on the evening of January 5 (i.e., on the eve of Twelfth Day, January 6), but also sometimes defined as falling on the evening of January 6 (i.e., on the evening of Twelfth Day itself).
christmas evenounThe evening before Christmas Day.
wintervalnoun(UK) A period of holidays in midwinter, including both secular and religious holidays (i.e. not just the specifically Christian and Western festivals of Christmas and New Year's Day).
festive seasonnounThe period around Christmas and New Year.

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