angel
Fusion of Old English engel (with hard -g-) and Old French angele. Both are from Late Latin angelus, from Greek angelos.
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'.
chimney
From Old French cheminee "fireplace; room with a fireplace; hearth; chimney stack" (12c., Modern French cheminée), from Medieval Latin caminata "a fireplace,"
tree
Middle English tre, from Old English treo, treow "tree," also "timber, wood, beam, log, stake;" from Proto-Germanic *trewam.
festive
From Latin festivus "festive, joyous, gay," from festum "festival, holiday," noun use of neuter of adjective festus "joyful, merry".
merry
Middle English mirie, from Old English myrge "pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, sweet, exciting feelings of enjoyment and gladness".
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.
bauble
Early 14c., "showy trinket or ornament," from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel, from Latin bellus "pretty".
stocking
From Old English stocu "sleeve," which is related to Old English stocc "trunk, log". Probably because of resemblance of legs to tree trunks.
turkey
Short for turkey cock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guinea fowl (imported through Turkey), and then erroneously to the American bird.
holly
Earlier holin (mid-12c.), shortening of Old English holegn, holen "holly," from Proto-Germanic *hulin-.
mistletoe
Old English mistel "basil, mistletoe" + tan "twig," from Proto-Germanic *tainan "twig".
reindeer
Deer inhabiting the arctic regions of Europe, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hreindyri "reindeer," with dyr "animal" + hreinn.
sleigh
1703, American and Canadian English, from Dutch slee, shortened from slede (sled/sledge).
tinsel
Kind of cloth made with interwoven gold or silver thread, from Anglo-French tencele, Old French estencele, estincelle "spark, spangle"
Scrooge
Generic for "miser," by 1905, from the name of the curmudgeonly employer in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol."
