Christmas box

noun

A bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.

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Meanings

nounChristmas box (plural Christmas boxes)

plural Christmas boxes

  1. historicalA bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.

    You have no idea how poor the court is; nobody is rich, except Mazarin and l'Abbé Fouquet. I am half tempted to cry with Madame Thurine, 'How happy are our servants! they, at least, get Christmas boxes.'

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC

Translations

Dutch kerstpakket
  • kerstpakketbonus or gift
German Weihnachtsgeld
  • Weihnachtsgeldbonus or gift
Spanish aguinaldo
  • aguinaldobonus or gift
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APA

Christmas box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20box

MLA

“Christmas box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20box. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Christmas box,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20box.

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