Christmas vs. Thanksgiving

Christmasnoun

An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.

Christmasnoun

period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

Christmasnoun

a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

Christmasverb

spend Christmas;

Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration by billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night.

Thanksgivingnoun

An expression of gratitude.

Thanksgivingnoun

A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.

Thanksgivingnoun

A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.

Thanksgivingnoun

The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

Thanksgivingnoun

A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.

Thanksgivingnoun

fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

Thanksgivingnoun

a short prayer of thanks before a meal

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.