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1. (n.) yule
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME yole, OE geōl(a), c. ON jōl orig., a pagan festival held near midwinter; akin to Go jiuleis)
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1. (noun) Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
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1. (noun) yule
christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior
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1. yule
the old name for the festival of Christmas, originally a heathen one, observed at the winter solstice in joyous recognition of the return northward of the sun at that period, being a relic in the N. of the old sun worship.
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