Christmas glossary
The best of all gifts around any
Christmas tree is the presence of a
happy family all wrapped up in each
other.
Burton Hillis
This, the spirit of Christmas, that forever
and ever endures. May it leave its richest
blessing in the hearts of you and yours.
Author Unknown
Never worry about the size of your
Christmas tree. In the eyes of children,
they are all 30 feet tall.
Larry Wilde
bells
candles
cards
to celebrate
festival
family reunion
Frosty
greetings
holiday
merry
Noel
parades
party
red/green
season
spirit
stocking stuffers
stockings
tradition
traffic
trips
vacation
to wassail
candy
candy canes
Christmas cookies
eggnog
to wassailto wassailto wassailto wassail – to go
from house to
house at
Christmas time
singing carols
candy canes
eggnogeggnogeggnogeggnog - a
traditional
Christmas drink
made of beaten
eggs, milk or
cream, and sugar
I have always thought of Christmas time,
when it has come round, as a good time;
a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the
only time I know of, in the long calendar
of the year, when men and women seem
by one consent to open their shut-up
hearts freely, and to think of people
below them as if they really were fellow
passengers to the grave, and not another
race of creatures bound on other
journeys. ~Charles Dickens
Isn't it funny that at Christmas
something in you gets so lonely for - I
don't know what exactly, but it's
something that you don't mind so much
not having at other times. ~Kate L.
Bosher
I sometimes think we expect too much of
Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it
the long arrears of kindliness and
humanity of the whole year. As for me,
I like to take my Christmas a little at a
time, all through the year. And thus I
drift along into the holidays - let them
overtake me unexpectedly - waking up
some find morning and suddenly saying
to myself: "Why, this is Christmas
Day!" ~David Grayson
fruitcake
ham
mince pies
mince meat
(vagdalthús)
pie
plum pudding
punch
sauce
spice tea
sweet potato
turkey
holly (magyal)
mistletoe
(fagyöngy)
poinsettia
(mikulásvirág)
wreath
angels
Christmas Tree
artificial
cedar
Christmas tree
decorations
fir (fenyő)
pine (erdei fenyő)
star
tinsel
crowd
gift boxes
lists
presents
A mince piemince piemince piemince pie is
a British festive
sweet pastry,
traditionally
consumed during the
Christmas and New
Year period. Mince
pies are filled
with mincemeat – a
preserve typically
containing apple,
dried fruits such
as raisins andsultanas,
spices, and
either suet or
vegetable shortening.
christmas wreath
tinsel tinsel tinsel tinsel - strips of shiny
material like metal, used as
decorations, especially at
Christmas
A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It
makes no noise at all,
But softly gives itself away. ~Eva Logue
Oh look, yet another Christmas TV
special! How touching to have the
meaning of Christmas brought to us by
cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd have
ever guessed that product consumption,
popular entertainment, and spirituality
would mix so harmoniously? ~Bill
Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes
When we were children we were grateful
to those who filled our stockings at
Christmas time. Why are we not
grateful to God for filling our stockings
with legs? ~G.K. Chesterton
ribbon
sales
wrapping paper
Santa Claus
chimney
elves
fairies
jolly
North Pole
reindeer
Rudolph
sledge
sleigh
sleigh bells
excited
exhausted
happy
sad
jollyjollyjollyjolly - happy
and cheerful
sledgesledgesledgesledge - a vehicle for
travelling over snow and
ice, with long narrow strips
of wood or metal instead of
wheels.
Mistletoe
There’s a fun tradition that North Americans follow during Christmas. Mistletoe is often hung from a doorway between two rooms. If someone stands under the mistletoe, it is customary for someone else (usually a member of the opposite sex) to kiss him/her. It can be quite a surprise to be suddenly kissed, but the person who is kissed usually quickly realizes they must be standing under mistletoe.
to trim the treeto trim the treeto trim the treeto trim the tree –
to decorate the tree
Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas
ornamentsornamentsornamentsornaments – are
ornaments used to
decorate the tree
and placed around
the house
Once again we find ourselves enmeshed
in the Holiday Season, that very special
time of year when we join with our
loved ones in sharing centuries-old
traditions such as trying to find a
parking space at the mall. We
traditionally do this in my family by
driving around the parking lot until we
see a shopper emerge from the mall,
then we follow her, in very much the
same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who
2,000 years ago followed a star, week
after week, until it led them to a
parking space. ~Dave Barry
There is a remarkable breakdown of
taste and intelligence at Christmastime.
Mature, responsible grown men wear
ties made of holly leaves and drink
alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks
and cottage cheese in them. ~P.J.
O'Rourke
to enmeshto enmeshto enmeshto enmesh - (formal) to
involve sb/sth in a bad
situation that it is not
easy to escape from
nativity scene – is a scene depicting Jesus’ birth. Usually Joseph and Mary are in a stable with shepherds and magi or wise men with gifts gathered around, angels on the roof and a star above the whole scene. Some nativity scenes are quite small and
manger – historically, a small wooden trough that animals ate hay from. Jesus was put in a manger after he was born, so some people set up a manger with a plastic baby in it and animals around.
garland garland garland garland -
a wreath, chain, or
string made to be
worn for celebration
or decoration, esp.
one made of flowers,
leaves, vines, or the
like.
(Christmas) carolers(Christmas) carolers(Christmas) carolers(Christmas) carolers
– are groups of
people that walk
down a street going
from house to house
singing Christmas
carols. Usually the
people in the house
will come to the door
and watch the
carolers sing. It is a
tradition to give each
of the carolers
something after they
sing - usually a small
snack such as a
chocolate, or some
other treat around
the house, or even a
glass of eggnog, if the
carolers are old
enough to drink.
Boxing Day - The day after Christmas day when presents are given to extended family and friends.
I do like Christmas on the whole.... In its
clumsy way, it does approach Peace and
Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year.
~E.M. Forster
If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts,
wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?
~Don Meredith
The Supreme Court has ruled that they
cannot have a nativity scene in
Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any
religious reasons. They couldn't find
three wise men and a virgin. ~Jay Leno
Christmas
Stocking - A sock or stocking hung on children's beds on Christmas Eve for Santa to fill with presents. The tradition is thought to date from St Nicolas who sometimes left a coin-filled sock at the doorstep of needy people on Christmas Eve.
Father ChristmasFather ChristmasFather ChristmasFather Christmas - An
alternate name for St
Nicolas, first introduced
by 16th Century
Protestants to avoid
Catholic Saints. In
America this became
Santa Claus, from the
Dutch SinterKlaas, whilst
in German speaking
countries he became
Weihnachtsmann or
Christmas Man.