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Box :: Box (n.) A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.

Epiphany :: Epiphany (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide..

Hellebore :: Hellebore (n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients..

Christmastide :: Christmastide (n.) The season of Christmas.

Twelfth-night :: Twelfth-night (n.) The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches..

Christmas :: Christmas (n.) 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..

Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen..

Yuletide :: Yuletide (n.) Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.

Carol :: Carol (n.) A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol..

Nowel :: Nowel (n.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol..

Advent :: Advent (n.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.

Wassail :: Wassail (n.) The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool..

Nowel :: Nowel (n.) Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior..

Yule :: Yule (n.) Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.

Eve :: Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event..

Present :: Present (n.) Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present..

Twelfthtide :: Twelfthtide (n.) The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.

Offering :: Offering (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings..

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