christmas Archives - British Slang Dictionary

Advent

Advent is the period of preparation before Christmas in the Christian calendar, beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day…

A Christmas cracker is a cardboard tube wrapped in coloured paper with twisted ends. Two people take an end each,…

Mince pies are small round pies of sweet shortcrust pastry filled with mincemeat, eaten in enormous quantities throughout the British…

Father Christmas is what the British call the figure who delivers presents on Christmas Eve. "Santa" and "Santa Claus" are…

Pantomime is a form of theatre that exists only in Britain and a few places it exported itself to, runs…

Christmas is the biggest event in the British year by a considerable margin, and its shape is remarkably consistent across…

Boxing Day is the 26th of December, a full public holiday, and one of the more genuinely puzzling British exports…