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How to spell Christmas

Christmas is spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S. It starts with Christ, CHR and a T you do not hear, then MAS.

What it means: A holiday celebrated on December 25.

In a sentence: Santa brings gifts on Christmas morning. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: christmases, christmastime, christmas-tree, christmas-day, christmas-eve. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Christmas comes from Old English ‘Cristes mæsse,’ which means ‘Christ’s mass’ or ‘the church service of Christ.’ Over time, the two words were blended into the single modern word ‘Christmas.’

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