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Yuletide thoughts
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  1. Christmas
    a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ
  2. Hannukah
    (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
  3. manger
    a container from which cattle or horses feed
  4. Bethlehem
    a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born
  5. incarnate
    possessing or existing in bodily form
  6. Magi
    (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
  7. kwanza
    the basic unit of money in Angola
  8. mistletoe
    Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
  9. messiah
    any expected deliverer
  10. divine
    a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  11. Balthasar
    (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
  12. Gaspar
    (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
  13. Melchior
    (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; usually represented as a king of Nubia
  14. gold
    a soft yellow malleable ductile metallic element
  15. frankincense
    an aromatic gum resin formerly valued for worship
  16. myrrh
    aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume
Created on 十二月 23, 2009 (updated 一月 1, 2010)

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