Whether you’re writing a heartfelt holiday card or creating festive ornaments, having a wide range of Christmas words at your disposal will add that extra touch of joy and cheer. And if you want to extend your holiday greetings beyond English, we’ve got you covered with translations for “Merry Christmas” in various languages. With these resources, your holiday endeavors are sure to be filled with festive spirit and international flair! Now is the perfect time to begin planning your Christmas celebration!
The holiday season is quickly approaching, which means it’s time for Christmas crafts, gifts, activities, and much more! Christmas-related sayings and terms are the focus of this article. Along with Christmas song lyrics and other things, we’ll present a ton of words and phrases that are relevant to the holiday season. You can locate what you need easily because this post is divided into sections. Start the process right now!
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Christmas Words – From A to Z
Words start with the letter A
- Angle: a spirit serving as God’s representative and frequently depicted as a human with wings
- Advent: the period of time leading up to Christmas; the first or second coming of Jesus Christ
- Antler: Adult deer (usually male) have branched horns on their heads that are formed of bone and are cast and grown every year.
- Assemble: gather together
- Announcement: a public and typically formal statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention, such as the birthgiving of Jesus
- Aroma: a distinctive, typically pleasant smell
- Artificial: a type of Christmas tree
- Angelic: relating to angels
- Appreciate: appreciate the importance of the Christmas holiday
- Attend: attending church or Christmas parties
- Aspen: popular holiday destination in Colorado
Words start with the letter B
- Believe: accept something as true, feel sure of the truth, and believe in the power of Jesus
- Bring: take or go with something to another place like bring gifts or food
- Bells: typical Christmas ornaments, used to decorate a pine tree
- Boots: one type of shoes, to wear in the snowy weather
- Blessing: god’s favor and protection
- Blitzen: one of Santa’s reindeer
- Bow: a knot with two loops and two free ends that is used to secure ribbons and shoelaces.
- Box: a container that is used for wrapping gifts
- Belief: acceptance of something’s existence or the veracity of a statement
- Baking: the process of cooking food with dry heat, usually in an oven, without direct flame contact.
- Boughs: a main branch of a tree.
- Balsam: type of Christmas tree
- Blizzard: a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility, usually appearing on Christmas Eve
- Bauble: a small, showy trinket or decoration on a Christmas tree
- Beaming: Christmas Happiness
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Words start with the letter C
- Christ: the name given to Jesus as well as the title.
- Cherubs: a winged celestial entity said to be caring for God in biblical tradition.
- Cookies: a small sweet cake, typically round and flat and having a crisp or chewy texture.
- Candy: a sweet dish made with sugar or other sweets, usually cut into small pieces and flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts
- Candles: a wax or tallow cylinder or block with a center wick that is lit to provide light as it burns.
- Candy canes: a walking stick-shaped, delicious, striped candy with a curved end, a typical candy of Christmas
- Cards: a piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard, in particular, one used for writing or printing on, using as a gift to express love for our beloved on Christmas holiday
- Candlelit: lit by a candle or candles
- Chimney: where Santa Claus enters the house to give gifts to children on Christmas Eve
- Chestnuts: a glossy brown nut that may be roasted and eaten, typical food on Christmas holiday
- Clarence: a closed, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with seating for four inside and two outside next to the coachman.
Words start with the letter D
- Drinks: a drinkable substance that can be consumed for hydration or sustenance.
- Dressing: a dressing for salads, often made of vinegar and oil combined with herbs or other flavorings.
- Dasher: one of Santa’s sleigh horses
- Donner: one of Santa’s sleigh horses
- Dancer: one of Santa’s sleigh horses
- David Fir: type of tree used as a holiday decoration
- Dashing: navigating the snow
- Drosselmeyer: a figure who makes toys in “The Nutcracker”
- Deck: adorning the hallways
Words start with the letter E
- Epiphany: three Monarchs Day honors the monarchs who came to visit the infant Jesus.
- Emmanuel: The title of Jesus
- Eggnog: a beverage made of beaten eggs, cream, flavorings, and sometimes alcohol.
- Evergreen: a type of trees
- Elf: Santa’s helper
- Ebullient: describes the joy of the Christmas season and the meaning of pleasurable.
- Elm: one of the trees is occasionally used as a Christmas tree.
- Eve: the night before Christmas Day
Words start with the letter F
- Four: number of calling birds gifted in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
- Fruitcake: a cake containing dried fruit and nuts.
- Feast: a substantial meal, usually one that is consumed in honor of something
- Fireplace: a location for a residential Fire, particularly a grate or hearth at the foot of a chimney
- Festive: pertaining to a festival.
- Fir: a two-rowed, evergreen conifer with erect cones and flat needle-shaped leaves. Firs are a significant source of wood and resins.
- Frankincense: a fragrant gum resin derived from an African tree and used as incense.
- Flock: a soft filler composed of discarded wool or torn fabric that is used to stuff pillows, quilts, and other soft furnishings.
- Figurines: statuette, particularly one depicting a person or animal. Figurines are often used as decorative items or as collectibles.
- Folklore: the culturally specific ideas, practices, and myths that have been verbally transmitted down the generations.
Words start with the letter G
- God: the supreme entity who created the universe rules it and is the source of all moral law (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions).
- Goodies: something enticing or appealing, particularly something delectable or enjoyable to consume.
Words start with the letter H
- Hymns: a religious song or poetry that extols God or another deity
- Ham: flesh from the top of a pig’s leg that has been salted, cured, or smoked
- Heavenly: extremely admirable; fantastic
- Hark: Give an ear.
- Humility: a modest or low opinion of oneself as important; humility
- Herald: a news messenger from the government
Words start with the letter I
- Ivy: an evergreen, five-pointed plant that is native to Europe and Asia.
- Icicle: a woody, five-pointed plant native to Europe and Asia that is evergreen and climbs
- Innocence: freedom from guilt
- Incarnate: embodied in flesh, in human form
- Illumination: lighting or light of Christmas Eva
- Indulgence : (in the Roman Catholic Church) The Pope’s approval of a waiver of the temporal punishment still owed for crimes committed after absolution In the later Middle Ages, pardoners sold indulgences without restriction, which was a common abuse.
- Ice castle: castle made of ice
Words start with the letter J
- Jesus: name of a god that is the main character of Christmas Day
- Jubilation: a feeling of great happiness and triumph
Words start with the letter K
- Kin: one’s family and relations
Words start with the letter L
- Lavish: sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious
- Lump: a tightly packed mass of material, especially one that lacks a clear or consistent shape.
- Log: a tree’s trunk or a sizable branch that has fallen or been severed
- Luminosity: luminous quality
Words start with the letter M
- Music: combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) in a way that creates aesthetic beauty, harmony, and emotional expression and an essential part of the Christmas holiday
- Mrs. Claus: Wise of Santa Claus
- Mittens: a glove that is divided into two sections: one for the thumb and the other for the four fingers.
- Mistletoe: a leathery-leaved parasitic plant that grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees and bears white glutinous berries in winter or is a typical tree of the Christmas holiday.
- Midnight: Christmas mass at a lot of churches
- Mirthful: full of mirth; merry or amusing
- Mercy: When one is able to harm or punish someone, they show compassion or forgiveness toward them.
Words start with the letter N
- Nativity: the occasion of a person’s birth
- Noel: Christmas, particularly when used as a refrain in carols and on holiday cards.
Words start with the letter O
- Ornaments: a decorative element, usually one that serves no functional purpose, added to something to make it look more attractive, especially if it is small, like a figurine.
Words start with the letter P
- Poinsettia: a small Mexican shrub with large showy scarlet bracts surrounding the small yellow flowers, popular as a houseplant at Christmas.
- Partridge: the first of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” presents is this.
- Prancer: one of Santa’s reindeer
- Peppermint: the flavoring used in food that is obtained from the aromatic leaves of a plant in the mint family.
- Pinecone: the conical or rounded woody fruit of a pine tree, with scales that open to release the seeds, is used as a special food for Christmas Day.
Words start with the letter Q
- Quail: a diminutive, short-tailed Old World game bird with brown, camouflaged plumage that looks somewhat like a small partridge.
- Quaint: attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Words start with the letter R
- Rudolph: This is Santa’s red-nosed reindeer
- Ribbon: a length of fabric that is narrow and is used to tie things up or to decorate
- Reconciliation: the restoration of friendly relations; Christmas is the time of reunion for all members of families.
- Reindeer: Santa Claus’ sleigh is pulled by animals.
Words start with the letter S
- Stuffing: a filling that is used to stuff meat or poultry before cooking
- Sleigh: a sled pulled by horses or reindeer, notably one that Santa Claus uses to deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve or to carry passengers.
- Saint Nick: one more Santa Claus
- Snowbound: snow or cold weather prevents going outside or traveling.
Words start with the letter T
- Tinsel: a type of ornament made from thin, glossy metal foil strips.
- Triumphant: winning a conflict or war; successful
- Trimmings: trimming off bits of anything
- Toboggan: a long, narrow sled that is used in the activity of coasting downhill over ice or snow. Typically, it is composed of a thin board that is curled at the front upward and rearward.
- Tranquility: the state or attribute of tranquility; calmness.
Words start with the letter U
- Universality: being shared or involving all items or persons in the world or in a specific group
Words start with the letter V
- Vixen: one of Santa’s sleigh horses
- Virgin: Mary, a goddess well recognized as Jesus’ mother
Words start with the letter W
- Wreath: A bouquet is a grouping of stems, leaves, or flowers that are secured in a ring and used as adornment or to cover a grave.
- Walnuts: a deciduous tree’s huge, wrinkled edible seed, which has two halves wrapped in a hard shell that is encased in a green fruit.
- Wintry: characterized by winter, especially by feeling or looking icy and desolate: “a wintry landscape”
- Wondrous: providing a sense of amazement or delight; magnificent
- Whimsy: quaint or whimsical behavior or comedy that is played off.
- Wassail: mulled wine or spiced ale is served on Christmas Eve and during Twelfth Night festivities.
Words start with the letter X
- Xmas: a different moniker for Christmas Day
Words start with the letter Y
- Yule: old-fashioned word for Christmas.
- Yuletide: comparable to Yule
- Youth: teens or early years
Christmas Phrases And Expressions
- Merry Christmas!
- Happy Christmas!
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
- I hope your Christmas is prosperous.
- I wish you a prosperous New Year!
- Best wishes for the coming year!
- Holiday greetings!
- Let love gently penetrate our houses and souls.
- Keeping this in mind, let’s keep in mind that the Christmas heart is a generous heart that puts others first.
- Take a sleigh ride with me.
- Young boy drummer
- This Christmas, may His love abound in your home.
- May you have peace as a present at Christmas and as a benefit all year long.
- May you be blessed with love, peace, and abundance throughout the year.
- Merry Christmas and many blessings to you today and always.
- Benevolence and best wishes
- Benevolence toward males
- From the North Pole, greetings
- Joy with all the trimmings
- Merry Christmas!
- Sing “Hark the Herald Angels.”
- Merry Yule and Merry Noel, everyone!
- Have a wonderful Christmas.
- I hope you have a nice Christmas.
- The arrival of Santa Claus
- I’ll spend Christmas at home.
- I’m having visions of a snowy Christmas.
- In an open one-horse sleigh.
- I hope you have a lot of reasons to be happy during this beautiful season.
- A clear night at midnight met it.
- The wonder is snow.
- Christmas is starting to feel quite close.
- The holidays are here.
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Bottom Line
As the festive season approaches, let these Christmas words fill your heart with warmth and joy. From classic carols to heartwarming greetings, these words capture the magic and wonder of Christmas.
Use these Christmas words to craft heartfelt messages, write festive stories, or simply share the spirit of the season with loved ones. May your holidays be filled with laughter, love, and the joy of Christmas.
Let these Christmas words inspire you to embrace the true meaning of the season and spread cheer to all those around you. Merry Christmas!
