From Old French cheminee "fireplace; room with a fireplace; hearth; chimney stack" (12c., Modern French cheminée), from Medieval Latin caminata "a fireplace,"
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sleigh
1703, American and Canadian English, from Dutch slee, shortened from slede (sled/sledge).
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stocking
From Old English stocu "sleeve," which is related to Old English stocc "trunk, log". Probably because of resemblance of legs to tree trunks.
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Scrooge
Generic for "miser," by 1905, from the name of the curmudgeonly employer in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol."
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holly
Earlier holin (mid-12c.), shortening of Old English holegn, holen "holly," from Proto-Germanic *hulin-.
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bauble
Early 14c., "showy trinket or ornament," from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel, from Latin bellus "pretty".
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turkey
Short for turkey cock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guinea fowl (imported through Turkey), and then erroneously to the American bird.
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elf
Old English elf (Mercian, Kentish), ælf (Northumbrian), ylfe (plural, West Saxon) "sprite, fairy, goblin, incubus," from Proto-Germanic *albiz.
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festive
From Latin festivus "festive, joyous, gay," from festum "festival, holiday," noun use of neuter of adjective festus "joyful, merry".
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gift
From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse gift, gipt "gift; good luck," from Proto-Germanic *geftiz
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nativity
Nativite, "feast-day celebrating the birth of Christ, Christmas," from Old French nativité "birth, origin, descent; birthday; Christmas" (12c.), from Late Latin
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Santa Claus
American English, in reference to the customs of the old Dutch colony of New York, from dialectal Dutch Sante Klaas, Middle Dutch Sinter Niklaas -Saint Nicholas
