decoration | the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) |
interior decoration interior design | the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior |
Christmas stocking | a stocking that is filled with small Christmas presents |
Christmas tree | an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration |
decoration ornament ornamentation | something used to beautify |
interior decoration decor | decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior |
set decoration | a decoration used as part of the set of a theatrical or movie production |
Christmas card | a card expressing a Christmas greeting |
decoration laurel wreath medal medallion palm ribbon | an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
carol Christmas carol | joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ |
plum pudding Christmas pudding | a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake |
Christmas cake | a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas |
Santa Claus Santa Kriss Kringle Father Christmas Saint Nicholas Saint Nick St. Nick | the legendary patron saint of children, an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas |
amabilis fir white fir Pacific silver fir red silver fir Christmas tree Abies amabilis | medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers, leaves smell of orange when crushed |
European silver fir Christmas tree Abies alba | tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark |
Christmas rose winter rose black hellebore Helleborus niger | European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers |
Christmas cactus Schlumbergera buckleyi Schlumbergera baridgesii | epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter |
Christmas begonia blooming-fool begonia Begonia cheimantha | hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers |
Christmas bells | any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers |
toyon tollon Christmasberry Christmas berry Heteromeles arbutifolia Photinia arbutifolia | ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits, often placed in genus Photinia |
flame tree fire tree Christmas tree Nuytsia floribunda | a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers, parasitic on roots of grasses |
American holly Christmas holly | an evergreen tree |
Christmas bush Christmas tree Ceratopetalum gummiferum | Australian tree or shrub with red flowers, often used in Christmas decoration |
Christmasberry Christmas berry Lycium carolinianum | spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries |
poinsettia Christmas star Christmas flower lobster plant Mexican flameleaf painted leaf Euphorbia pulcherrima | tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers |
Christmas fern canker brake dagger fern evergreen wood fern Polystichum acrostichoides | North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds |
ground pine Christmas green | any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches |
Christmas present Christmas gift | a present given at Christmas time |
Christmas box | a present given at Christmas for services during the year |
hemophilia B haemophilia B Christmas disease | a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX |
Christmas factor factor IX | coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B |
Memorial Day Decoration Day | legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May, commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war |
Christmas Christmas Day Xmas Dec | a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ, a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland |
Christmas Eve Dec | the day before Christmas |
Christmas Christmastide Christmastime Yule Yuletide Noel | period extending from Dec. to Jan. |