Difference between Christmas and Christmastide

What is the difference between Christmas and Christmastide?

Christmas as a noun is the christian holiday which celebrates the birth of jesus christ. while Christmastide as a noun is the christmas season

Christmas

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The Christian holiday which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas Day, the day it is celebrated, 25th December, an English quarter day. Christmastide, the Twelve Days of Christmas, the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the celebration of Christ's birth. The period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas. Christmas season, the end of the year period, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.

Christmastide

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: the Christmas seasonthe Twelve Days of Christmas

We hope you now know whether to use Christmas or Christmastide in your sentence.

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