The period immediately before and after 25 December.
my good wishes to you and yours for peace and joy this Christmastide
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At Christmastide 1617-18 he held a lavish entertainment to mark his restoration of Winchester House in Southwark.
Georgiana finally relented, assured of her friend's health, before launching into a discussion of her excitement over the upcoming Christmastide.
I've managed to wrangle a goodly amount of time off this Christmastide.
Christmastide was upon the court sooner than Marguerite had expected.
Until relatively recently, Candlemas marked the traditional end of Christmastide.
Each year at Christmastide, the cards are fewer.
Sweet chestnut is a favourite roasted at Christmastide.
This is the first time the fact has ever appeared in print that Joan is the anonymous donor who does certain remarkable things for a number of poor families every Christmastide.
More than ever then we need to hear the message of the angels this Christmastide.
He was still rather young, only twenty-nine, when he came on his yearly trip to Pemberley Manor at Christmastide, 1622.