Christmassy

C3H4R1I1S1T1M3A1S1S1Y4
/ˈkɹɪsməsi/

adjective

Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive.

Opposite
un-Christmassy
OriginEnglish Christmas ← Middle English Cristemasse ← Old English Cristes mæsse →
RareScrabble 21
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveChristmassy (comparative Christmassier, superlative Christmassiest)

comparative Christmassier · superlative Christmassiest · alternative Christmasy

  1. Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive.

    They [Asian pears] are unquestionably Christmassy and festive, with their golden speckled skin.

    2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015, page 1
    2 more examples

    It is important to guard against any hint of a generalisation here that 'less Christmassy music' always accompanies a 'less Christmassy sentiment', and indeed Greg Lake's 'I Believe In Father Christmas' (1974) is proof that the converse is not […]

    2008, Sheila Whiteley, Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 122

    Mark: That looks like a lovely turkey. I'm sorry I flew off the handle a bit. Jeremy: That wasn't very Christmassy. Mark: No, it wasn't. I apologise.

    2010 December 24, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, “Seasonal Beatings”, in Peep Show, season 7, episode 5, via Channel 4

    Antonyms: un-Christmassy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive.

Opposite
un-Christmassy
Also see
christmas-like

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰrey-
  3. Ancient Greekχρίω (khríō)
  4. Ancient Greekχρῑστός (khrīstós)
  5. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)
  6. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)
  7. Ancient GreekΧρῑστός (Khrīstós)
  8. LatinChrīstus
  9. Old EnglishCrist
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  13. Proto-Italic*meitō
  14. Old Latinmītō
  15. Latinmittō
  16. Latinmissiō
  17. Latinmissa
  18. Old Englishmæsse
  19. Old EnglishCristes mæsse
  20. Middle EnglishCristemasse
  21. EnglishChristmas
  22. EnglishChristmassy

From Christmas + -y.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan nadalenc
  • nadalencresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Dutch kerstachtig
  • kerstachtigresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Finnish jouluinen, jouluisa
  • jouluinenresembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • jouluisaresembling or having feelings of Christmas
French noëlien
  • noëlienresembling or having feelings of Christmas
German weihnachtlich
  • weihnachtlichresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Icelandic jólalegur
  • jólalegurresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Italian natalizio
  • natalizioresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Norwegian julete, julaktig
  • juleteresembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • julaktigresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Portuguese natalício
  • natalícioresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Spanish navideño
  • navideñoresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Swedish julig
  • juligresembling or having feelings of Christmas
Cite this entry
APA

Christmassy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmassy

MLA

“Christmassy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmassy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Christmassy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmassy.

Source: Christmassy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.