{
    "term": "Christmas",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "25 December, the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Christmas dinner/presents**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What did you get for Christmas?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For Christmas he gave her a silk blouse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to celebrate Christmas in the traditional way"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children are hoping for a **white Christmas** *(= with snow on the ground)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "nice", "traditional"],
                "verb + Christmas": ["have", "spend", "celebrate"],
                "Christmas + verb": ["come"],
                "Christmas + noun": ["dinner", "party", "card"],
                "preposition": ["at Christmas", "for Christmas", "over Christmas"],
                "phrases": [
                    "Happy Christmas!",
                    "Merry Christmas!",
                    "wish somebody a happy Christmas"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the period that includes Christmas Day and the days close to it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **Christmas holidays/vacation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you spending Christmas with your family?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Happy Christmas!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you have a good Christmas?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The library is closed over Christmas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are lots of parties at Christmas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're going to spend Christmas at home this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're going up to town to see the Christmas lights."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "nice", "traditional"],
                "verb + Christmas": ["have", "spend", "celebrate"],
                "Christmas + verb": ["come"],
                "Christmas + noun": ["dinner", "party", "card"],
                "preposition": ["at Christmas", "for Christmas", "over Christmas"],
                "phrases": [
                    "Happy Christmas!",
                    "Merry Christmas!",
                    "wish somebody a happy Christmas"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrɪsməs/",
                "audio": "ch/Christmas/christmas__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrɪsməs/",
                "audio": "ch/Christmas/christmas__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English Crīstes mæsse (see Christ, Mass)."
}