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Christmastime [kris-muh s-tahym] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the Christmas season.
Origin of Christmastime First recorded in 1830–40; Christmas + time Related Words for christmastime Yule, Christmastide, nativity, Christmastime, Yuletide, Noel Examples from the Web for christmastime Contemporary Examples of christmastime
Congress loves to be Scroogey when it comes to helping the poor at Christmastime.
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Monica Potts
December 25, 2014
Over the years, the meaning has evolved, essentially, to “Christmastime,” and describes the period between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6.
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Kevin Fallon
December 24, 2014
And its crew had fought so hard for a Christmastime miracle that was not to be.
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Michael Daly
December 22, 2014
He wanted it to be cuter because it was Christmastime, and he wanted it to be sweet.
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Marlow Stern
July 20, 2014
After all, Christmastime in New York is all about these beloved traditions, for tourists and, yes, us locals as well.
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Condé Nast Traveler
December 11, 2013
Historical Examples of christmastime
The north country lay buried in the snow that Christmastime.
Irving Bacheller
What custom is still said to follow the use of mistletoe at Christmastime?
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Charles H. Sylvester
There were pepper bushes, gay as our holly trees at Christmastime.
Edith M. Patch
Us writ to one another all dat year and got married at Christmastime, one year from de time us fust met.
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At Christmastime in one of these winters a few of the boys of the night-school went round the village, mumming.
(AKA George Bourne) George Sturt