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Meaning
Noun
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In Christmas:
Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
●
In Ericales order plants:
The
flower
Camellia
sasanqua
,
native
to Japan and
nearby
islands.
●
In Christmas:
The
period
around Christmas; the Christmas
season
, Christmastime;
specifically
, Christmas itself.
●
The
period
of
celebration
of a pre-Christian
festival
associated with the (northern)
winter solstice
,
later
absorbed
into the
festival
of Christmas (but sometimes
recreated
by
modern
neo-pagans).
●
In Australian English & Regional English:
The
period
of
southern
winter
in the middle of
the year, sometimes
celebrated
in the
colder
,
snowy
regions
of Australia with
allusions
to Christmas, which
originated
as a marketing gimmick.
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Origin
yuletide
English
-tide
English
Yule
English
Sourced from
Etym
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