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Christmas card

American  

noun

  1. a printed and often decorated card for mailing at Christmas to express good wishes.


Christmas card British  

noun

  1. a greeting card sent at Christmas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Christmas card

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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He also took pictures of Prince George on his third and fifth birthday, as well as the Wales' family Christmas card for 2022.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

She prints them through a digital service for roughly the cost of a cheesy family Christmas card.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025

Meanwhile, Shaun the Sheep: Fleece Navidad is a 10-minute treat which sees the flock help the farmer produce a better Christmas card than his selfie-obsessed neighbours.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

Separately, the duke and duchess have also released a Christmas card and end-of-year video highlighting their charitable endeavours.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

“But we could use one of these pictures for our Christmas card this year. We didn’t get one of all five of us at the Sun Temple. Mr. Kapasi could take it.”

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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