Christmastide

Christmastide
/kris"meuhs tuyd'/, n.
1. the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
2. the period from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, esp. in England.
[1620-30; CHRISTMAS + TIDE1]

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