Christmassy

English

Alternative forms

• Christmasy

Etymology

From Christmas +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Christmassy (comparative Christmassier, superlative Christmassiest)

1. Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive.

   Antonym: un-Christmassy

   • 2008, Sheila Whiteley, Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 122:

     It is important to guard against any hint of a generalisation here that 'less Christmassy music' always accompanies a 'less Christmassy sentiment', and indeed Greg Lake's 'I Believe In Father Christmas' (1974) is proof that the converse is not […]

   • 2010, Jesse Armstrong & Sam Bain, "Seasonal Beatings", Peep Show Series 7, Episode 5, Channel 4:

     Mark: That looks like a lovely turkey. I'm sorry I flew off the handle a bit.

     Jeremy: That wasn't very Christmassy.

     Mark: No, it wasn't. I apologise.

   • 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 September 2015, page 1:

     They [Asian pears] are unquestionably Christmassy and festive, with their golden speckled skin.

Translations

resembling or having feelings of Christmas

• Catalan: nadalenc (ca)
• Cebuano: paskohanon
• Dutch: kerstachtig (nl)
• Faroese: jólaligur
• Finnish: jouluinen (fi), jouluisa
• German: weihnachtlich (de)
• Icelandic: jólalegur
• Italian: natalizio (it)
• Norwegian: julete, julaktig
• Portuguese: natalício (pt)
• Spanish: navideño (es)
• Swedish: julig