The period immediately before and after 25 December.
a special holiday dish traditionally eaten at Christmastime
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With winter came Josie's favorite time of year, Christmastime.
His family combines a mixture of British and Bulgarian traditions at Christmastime.
He had planned to announce his hope to send her to the conservatory at Christmastime.
At Christmastime thirteen Santa Claus figures called Christmas Men (or Yuletide Lads) are said to visit every home in the land.
A showy group of perennials are the hellebores, which can be planted to bloom from around Christmastime to spring.
Christmastime is almost here - the most wonderful time of the year!
Often at Christmastime there would be a special networked Christmas Eve or Christmas Day service.
Then, around Christmastime, physicians in Pennsylvania threatened a massive work stoppage, which was averted only by special intervention by the Governor.
Now, I admit, there is a part of me that finds all this pressure to consume at Christmastime distasteful.