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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-695/
- Published: 2021-12-24T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-21T18:06:18.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

The word for today is…

Christmas (noun):

Church festival observed annually in memory of the birth of Christ

Source : [Online Etymology Dictionary](https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=christmas&ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Late Old English Cristes mæsse, from Christ (and retaining the original vowel sound) + mass. Written as one word from mid-14c. As a verb, “to celebrate Christmas,” from 1590s. Father Christmas is attested in a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435-77\. Christmas-tree in the modern sense is attested by 1835 in English, rendering German Weihnachtsbaum. Christmas cards were first designed in 1843, popular by 1860s; the phrase Christmas-card was in use by 1850\. Christmas present is from 1769\. Christmas Eve is Middle English Cristenmesse Even (c. 1300).

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