christmas day
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Christmas Day.
Example Sentences
- "When Christmas Day falls upon a Saturday (as it did in 1736,) the Collect, Epistle and Gospel for St. Stephen's Day follows of Course, and no Notice is taken of the Sunday after Christmas Day"
- "The breakdown of our holidays into days of mere worldly diversion is pathetic—e. g.: Fourth of July without patriotism, Thanksgiving day without thanks and Christmas day without Christ. What insults to the Almighty! Let us make it not alone a Santa-mas, but a Christ-mas."
- "The Euterpeans scheduled their first performance for Christmas day when a double bill of The Hough Diamond and Family Pictures was to be presented."
- "I find myself on Christmas day with people who are so tedious that a trip to the john appears an extravaganza by comparison."
- "The year David turned six, Rose abandoned the Midas dream and left everything, including David, behind. It wasn't until the lonely and celebrationless Christmas day of that year that David accepted that his mother wasn't coming back."
- "With their themes and varied attractions, these parties became a much-anticipated event for Kingstonians on Christmas day after their dinner."