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Noun

Christmas present ‎(countable and uncountable, plural Christmas presents)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see Christmas,‎ present.

   Children believe that Santa Claus comes down the chimney to bring them Christmas presents.

Noun

Christmas present ‎(countable and uncountable, plural Christmases present)

1. A contemporary Christmas.
   • 1998 May 15, Janet Colsher Teitsort, Long-Distance Grandma: How to Stay Connected with Grandkids Far Away, Baker, ISBN 0801011655, page 145:

     Christmas past becomes Christmas present.

   • 2012 May 3, Stella Duffy, chapter 13, in Wavewalker, Profile Books, ISBN 1847655424, 5:

     Anita had been relieved to unload the burden of her Christmases Past following her Process but she certainly hasn't told Max any of the details of the Christmases present she'd be spending with John.

Related terms

• Christmas past
• Christmas future