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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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tinsel

Kind of cloth made with interwoven gold or silver thread, from Anglo-French tencele, Old French estencele, estincelle "spark, spangle"

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thief

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shark

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rocket

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carol

From Old French carole "kind of dance in a ring, round dance accompanied by singers". Perhaps from Medieval Latin choraula ' a dance to the flute'.

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chimney

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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wreath

Old English wriða "fillet, bandage, band" (literally "that which is wound around"). Meaning "ring or garland of flowers or vines" is first recorded 1560s.

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bell

Old English belle, which has cognates in Middle Dutch belle, Middle Low German belle but is not found elsewhere in Germanic

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heart

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seesaw

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shark

Other team loses 15 points!

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baam

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thief

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star

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fairy

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banana

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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

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