yule

English Thesaurus

1. period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 (noun.time)

hypernym	:	season,
definition	:	a recurrent time marked by major holidays (noun.time)

part holonym	:	boxing day,
definition	:	first weekday after Christmas (noun.time)

part meronym	:	jan, january,
definition	:	the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice (noun.time)

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