OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5841

Christmas tree

/ˈkɹɪsməs tɹiː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
humisha • árbol de Navidad • árbol navideño
An evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season.
"I and your mother," he wrote, "sit in the evenings, and gild apples and nuts, because we intend to dress up a Christmas tree,[…]["]
At the head of every table there was a sheep roasted whole, the horns gilt, and the nose tipped with silver. All the fruits were hung upon Christmas trees.