Christmas vs Saturday - What's the difference?
christmas | saturday |
A widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian and secular customs.
A personification of Christmas.
Christmas Day, the day it is celebrated, 25 December, an English quarter day.
Christmastide, the Twelve Days of Christmas, the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the holiday.
(US, retailing) The period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.
(marketing, retailing) Christmas season, the end of the year period, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.
The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Biblical seventh day of the week, observed as Sabbath or "Day of Rest"; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.
on Saturday
As nouns the difference between christmas and saturday
is that christmas is christmas day, the day it is celebrated, 25 december, an english quarter day while saturday is the seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the iso 8601 norm; the biblical seventh day of the week, observed as sabbath or "day of rest"; it follows friday and precedes sunday.As a proper noun christmas
is a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of jesus christ, incorporating various christian, pre-christian and secular customs.As an adverb saturday is
on saturday.christmas
English
(wikipedia Christmas)Alternative forms
* Xmas, X-masProper noun
(es)- Do you celebrate Christmas ?
Coordinate terms
*MawlidNoun
(es)- This Christmas we'll open presents then go to grandma's for dinner.
- The last three Christmases have been good for retailers.
- The Christmas shoppers spent less this December, than last year, but our store will probably see just as many returned items during the twelve days of Christmas.