Christmas season

English

Etymology

Christmas + season

Pronunciation

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Noun

Christmas season (plural Christmas seasons)

1. Advent, the period from Advent Sunday (inclusive) through the start of Epiphany.
2. Christmastide, Yuletide; the Twelve Days of Christmas, starting on Christmas Day and ending on Epiphany, January 6.
3. (US, informal, retail and marketing) The winter season starting around Thanksgiving (typically Black Friday) and ending at or about New Year's Eve.
4. (informal, business, marketing) The period at the end of the year when retailers promote Christmas shopping opportunities

Synonyms

• (winter season): advent, Christmastide, Christmastime, holiday season, yuletide

Related terms

• Christmas card
• Christmas list

 

Translations

Advent — see Advent

Christmas season, yuletide, Christmastide

• Cebuano: Pasko
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖誕季 / 圣诞季 (shèngdànjì)

• Dutch: kersttijd (nl) m
• Esperanto: kristnasko
• Finnish: joulunaika (fi)
• French: temps de Noël (fr) m
• Georgian: შობა (ka) (šoba), შობა-ახალი წელი (šoba-axali c̣eli)
• Old English: *ġēoltīd f
• Polish: okres bożonarodzeniowy m, okres świąteczny m
• Portuguese: época natalina f
• Russian: свя́тки (ru) f pl (svjátki), Свя́тки f pl (Svjátki)
• Spanish: Navidades (es) f pl, época navideña f, temporada navideña f
• Swedish: jultid (sv), juletid (sv)
• Tagalog: Pasko (tl)

marketing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖誕季 / 圣诞季 (shèngdànjì)

• Finnish: joulusesonki
• French: saison des étrennes f

See also

• (marketing): boxing week