christmas-present

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A gift given at Christmas: "Christmas-present" refers to an item or token given to someone as part of the celebration of the Christmas holiday, typically exchanged among family, friends, or colleagues.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She received a beautiful scarf as a Christmas-present from her grandmother. (A gift given at Christmas.)
  • The children eagerly unwrapped their Christmas-presents on Christmas morning. (Gifts exchanged during the holiday.)

Advanced Usage

• "to give a Christmas-present": to offer a gift during the Christmas season.
  • He gave his boss a bottle of wine as a Christmas-present. (He offered a gift for the holiday.)
• "to receive a Christmas-present": to be given a gift at Christmas.
  • The little boy was thrilled to receive a toy train as a Christmas-present. (He was delighted to get a gift.)

Variants and Related Words

• Christmas (n): the annual Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed on December 25.
  • We always spend Christmas with our family. (The holiday itself.)
• Present (n): a thing given to someone as a gift.
  • The present was wrapped in red paper. (A general gift, not necessarily at Christmas.)

Synonyms

• Holiday gift: a present given during a festive season.
• Yuletide offering: a more poetic or formal term for a Christmas gift.

Phrasal Verbs

• (No common phrasal verbs directly associated with "Christmas-present"; the word is typically used as a noun phrase.)

Related Idioms

• "to open one's Christmas-presents": to unwrap gifts received at Christmas.
  • The family gathered around the tree to open their Christmas-presents. (To reveal the gifts.)
• "to have a Christmas-present list": to plan or keep track of gifts to give.
  • She made a Christmas-present list for all her nieces and nephews. (A list of intended gifts.)