jul — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
jul is used for these senses in English:
- Christmas (originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
- Yule Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25th and January 5th).
Christmas — full definition
- noun The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, held on December 25th.
- adj Coloured red and green, the traditional colours of the holiday.
- verb To celebrate or spend the Christmas season somewhere.
Yule — full definition
- noun Christmas, or the wider Christmas season running through the Twelve Days of Christmas.
- noun An older midwinter festival celebrated by pre-Christian Germanic and Norse peoples, still observed today by some modern pagans.
- interjection An old exclamation of Christmas cheer.