CHRISTMAS GLOSSARY

Key Words

Chipolata - the name of a sausage that is wrapped in streaky bacon, roasted and eaten with a Christmas meal.
 
Egg-nog - an easily digestible form of carbohydrate - a popular food at Christmas.
 
Frankincense - a perfume and spiritual incense burned in temples throughout the East for Divine status and quality.
 
Manger - a trough for food for horses or cattle.
 
Mistletoe - a parasitic plant with white berries - traditionally used as a Christmas decoration.
 
Myrrh - one of the ingredients in the sacred oils used to anoint kings and priests.
 
Nativity - the birth of a person.
 
Reindeer - a deer with large antlers found in some cold climates (believed to pull the sleigh for Santa Claus).
 
Santa Claus - an imaginary being who brings presents for children on the night before Christmas Day (also known as Father Christmas).
 
Sleigh - a sledge or light cart on runners pulled by horses or reindeer over snow and ice.
 
Tinsel - a decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil - traditionally used at Christmas.
 
Xmas - abbreviation or informal term for Christmas.

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