Christmas present
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Christmas + present (“gift”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Christmas present (countable and uncountable, plural Christmas presents)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Christmas, present.
- Children believe that Santa Claus comes down the chimney to bring them Christmas presents.
Etymology 2 edit
Christmas + present (“relating to now, current”). Present is used as a postpositioned adjective. First popularized in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Christmas present (countable and uncountable, plural Christmases present)
- A contemporary Christmas.
- 2012 May 3, Stella Duffy, chapter 13, in Wavewalker, Profile Books, →ISBN, section 5:
- Anita had been relieved to unload the burden of her Christmases Past following her Process but she certainly hasn't told Max any of the details of the Christmases present she'd be spending with John.