CHRISTMAS PRESENT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Christmas present mean? 

• CHRISTMAS PRESENT (noun)
  The noun CHRISTMAS PRESENT has 1 sense:

1. a present given at Christmas time

  Familiarity information: CHRISTMAS PRESENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRISTMAS PRESENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A present given at Christmas time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

Christmas gift; Christmas present

Hypernyms ("Christmas present" is a kind of...):

present (something presented as a gift)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Christmas present"):

stocking filler; stocking stuffer (a small Christmas present included in the Christmas stocking)

 Context examples 

My sister had told me some weeks before that I might have the pick of her geese for a Christmas present, and I knew that she was always as good as her word.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We are only girls, but we should be glad to help if we could, for we don't forget the splendid Christmas present you sent us, said Jo eagerly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My girls, will you give them your breakfast as a Christmas present?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

That put Jo at her ease and she laughed too, as she said, in her heartiest way, "We did have such a good time over your nice Christmas present."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He might just as well have turned a somersault and uttered an Indian war whoop, for his face was so full of suppressed excitement and his voice so treacherously joyful that everyone jumped up, though he only said, in a queer, breathless voice, Here's another Christmas present for the March family.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)