"Christmassy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christmassy.wav Forms: Christmassier [comparative], Christmassiest [superlative]
Etymology: From Christmas + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Christmas|y}} Christmas + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} Christmassy (comparative Christmassier, superlative Christmassiest)
  1. Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive. Categories (topical): Christmas Synonyms: Christmasy Translations (resembling or having feelings of Christmas): nadalenc (Catalan), paskohanon (Cebuano), kerstachtig (Dutch), jólaligur (Faroese), jouluinen (Finnish), jouluisa (Finnish), weihnachtlich (German), jólalegur (Icelandic), natalizio (Italian), julete (Norwegian), julaktig (Norwegian), natalício (Portuguese), navideño (Spanish), julig (Swedish)

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