Talk:Christmas

I removed "#The birth of Jesus of Nazareth, Christ in Christianity", since I haven't heard it used that way and I couldn't find another dictionary with that definition. If someone has some examples of it being used like that, please add it back w/examples. --Eean 18:46, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Audio file

The second audio file does not sound like a native speaker, but I may be wrong. --WikiTiki89 17:53, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

It sounds British(?) to me, and has perhaps more of a pause between the syllables than is usual, but otherwise sounds alright. It was uploaded by User:SabineCretella. - -sche (discuss) 02:30, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

It's hard for me to describe what it is. It just sounds off, but I can only guess that it's a combination of the r-sound, the relative lengths of the syllables, and maybe the tone. It sounds a bit like someone with a slight Spanish accent. --WikiTiki89 02:40, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Verb

In Google I get 37,900 hits for "Christmasing," mostly, I presume, from song lyrics, although I think I've heard of the sentence "We'll be Christmasing in the Bahamas." DanwWiki (talk) 20:45, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Common noun

According to this quote, there is a type of Christmas decoration called a "Christmas"

Percy Manning (1897) “Folk-lore”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), number 8, page 403:

Two of the girls carry between them on a stick what they call 'the garland', which in its simplest form, is made of two circular hoops, intersecting each other at right angles. [...] These hoops are covered with any wild-flowers in season, and are further ornamented with ribbons. The 'garland' in shape reminds me of the 'Christmas' which used to form the center of the Christmas decorations in Yorkshire some few years ago, except that the latter had a bunch of mistletoe inside the hoops.

Simplificationalizer (talk) 14:47, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought that would show. The quote is:

"Two of the girls carry between them on a stick what they call 'the garland', which in its simplest form, is made of two circular hoops, intersecting each other at right angles. [...] These hoops are covered with any wild-flowers in season, and are further ornamented with ribbons. The 'garland' in shape reminds me of the 'Christmas' which used to form the center of the Christmas decorations in Yorkshire some few years ago, except that the latter had a bunch of mistletoe inside the hoops."

Percy Manning in Folk-lore, issue 8, page 403.--Simplificationalizer (talk) 14:49, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

@Simplificationalizer:  Done. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)