Christmas

Christmas

Christmas (engl., spr. krißmäs, »Christmesse«), eigentlich der Christtag oder C.-day (25. Dez.), dann die ganze englische Weihnachtszeit, die früher bis zum 2. Febr., jetzt bis zum twelfth-day oder »zwölften Tag« (6. Jan.) währt.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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