xmas

English Thesaurus

1. a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland (noun.time)

hypernym	:	quarter day,
definition	:	a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due (noun.time)

hypernym	:	feast day, fete day,
definition	:	a day designated for feasting (noun.time)

hypernym	:	holy day of obligation,
definition	:	a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion (noun.time)

hypernym	:	legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday,
definition	:	authorized by law and limiting work or official business (noun.time)

part meronym	:	dec, december,
definition	:	the last (12th) month of the year (noun.time)