Christmas card

American

noun

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

Christmas card British

noun

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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Last year's Christmas card featured a family portrait that showed William and Catherine sitting on lush grass surrounded by spring daffodils, alongside their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

From BBC

He said that Campbell may not have been the only gamekeeper not to be on Mr Stewart's "Christmas card list".

From BBC

Also in the newly-released papers a row over a Christmas card is revealed.

From BBC

The children could be seen taking Christmas cards and flowers from some of those in the crowd, chatting to them and shaking their hands.

From BBC

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

From Salon

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023