Reverse Dictionary: CHRISTMAS

INTERJECTIONS
► COOL YULE! happy Christmas → 1999 UK sl.
► MELE KALIKIMAKA! Merry Christmas!→ 1950 Hawaii

NOUNS
► BELLESNOGGLE ► BELL-SCHNICKEL ► BELLSNICKLE ► BELSCHNICKEL ► BELSH NICHEL ► BELSNICKEL ► BELTZNICKEL ► BENSNICKEL ► PELSNICKLE ► PELZNICKEL ► PELTSNICKEL St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas’ servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones → 1823 Amer. dial.
► BLACK CHRISTMAS a snowless period in late December → 1938 Amer. dial.
► BULL-WEEK ► CALF-WEEK ► COW-WEEK the three weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload → M19 sl.
► CHRIGGIE ► CHRIGGY Christmas → 1984 UK sl.
► CHRIMBLE ► CRIMBLE Christmas → 1963 UK sl.
► CHRIMBO ► CRIMBO Christmas  → 1928 Brit. sl. 
► CHRISSIE ► CHRISSY Christmas → 1966 Aust. sl.
► CHRISTENMAS Christmas → 1330 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CHRISTMAS EVEN the evening and hence the day before Christmas Day; Christmas Eve → 1400
► CHRISTMASTIDE the season of Christmas as celebrated in the church calendar; generally, the period around Christmas Day → 1590
► CHRIST-TIDE Christmas → 1581 arch.
► DAFT DAYS, THE the festivity at Christmas and the New Year → 1818 Sc.
► RAIN Christmas tree tinsel → 1979 Amer. dial.
► SECOND CHRISTMAS the day following Christmas Day → 1857 Amer. dial.
► SILLY SEASON the Christmas holidays → 20C Aust. sl.
► VESSEL a Christmas gift of money → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► XMAS Christmas; pronounced ‘Exmas’ → 1755 UK
► YESMUS Christmas → 1854 Eng. dial.
► YULE-GIRTH the peace of Christmas → 1569-70 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BELL-SCHNICKEL ► BELLSNICKEL ► BELSNICKEL ► BELSNICKLER a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments → 1823 Amer. dial.
► BETHLEHEMITES Christmas carol-singers → 1788 UK criminals’ sl.
► BEZZLE-CUP-WOMEN women who go from house to house at Christmastide, with figures in a box, representing the virgin and child, and singing carols → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CHRISTMAS-KEEPER a person who observes or celebrates Christmas → 1632
► VESSEL-CUP-WOMAN a Christmas carol-singer → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YEEL’S-JADE a person who has not some piece of new dress on Christmas morning → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► YULE-AGGER ► YULE-YAGGER a person who has no new dress or finery to wear at Christmas → 1908 Sc.
► YULE-BOY a young Christmas masquerader → 1824 Sc.
► YULE JADE a person who leaves work unfinished before Christmas or the New Year; also, someone who has no new piece of apparel to celebrate the season; hence, an odd, outlandish sort of person → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► YULE SHARD a person who leaves work unfinished before Christmas or the New Year; also, someone who has no new piece of apparel to celebrate the season; hence, an odd, outlandish sort of person → 1900 Sc.
► YULE’S YAUD a person who leaves work unfinished before Christmas or the New Year; also, someone who has no new piece of apparel to celebrate the season; hence, an odd, outlandish sort of person → c1780 Sc.

VERBS
► BELLSNICKLE ► BELLSNIGGLE ► BELSNICKEL to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season → 1881 Amer. dial.