Merry Christmas Vocabulary

a calendar showing the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas.

• lunar calendar

• advent calendar

• Yule log

• holiday calendar

wax with a central wick that is lit to produce light as it burns.

• candle

• heat lamp

• lights

• light rays

a sweet treat made with sugar in a cane-shaped stick

• peppermint

• cane stick

• taffy

• candy cane

used to send greetings during celebrations

• stockings

• text messages

• cards

• Yule log

small, lively persons with pointed ears, considered to be magical

• reindeer

• Saint Nicholas

• elves

• gingerbread men

a tree with leaves that remain green all year long

• burch tree

• redwood tree

• oak tree

• evergreen tree

things given willingly to someone without payment

• gifts

• loans

• stockings

• wreath

dough made with molasses and ginger

• pie

• cookies

• banana bread

• gingerbread

strands of these placed in decorative patterns at Christmas

• lights

• ornaments

• candles

• wreaths

the occasion of birth

• elves

• nativity

• advent calendar

• poinsettia