noel
December celebration song
Noel is Christmas, or a Christmas carol.
The word comes from French and appears most often in seasonal contexts: The First Noel is a traditional carol, and noel serves as a poetic or archaic alternative to Christmas in cards and decorations. (Capitalized Noel is a given name.)
Religious song of praise
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- choraleHymn tune or choir
- singingVocal music-making
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
melody · choir · verse · refrain · wassail · carolers · joyful · tidings
Winter nativity celebration
- BethlehemNativity's traditional setting
- mangerLivestock feeding container
- MagiEastern priests, biblical visitors
- incarnationQuality given bodily presence
Messiah · Jesus · Mary · Joseph · angel · shepherds · star · gold
Parasitic festive greenery
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
- reindeerArctic deer species
- SantaMythical Christmas gift-bringer
- elvesMythical small beings
North Pole · stockings · chimney · St. Nicholas · candy cane · gingerbread · Krampus · Father Christmas
hymn
Religious song of praise
harmony · melody · choir · verse · refrain · wassail · carolers · joyful · tidings · deck the halls
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
- BethlehemNativity's traditional setting
- mangerLivestock feeding container
- MagiEastern priests, biblical visitors
incarnation · Messiah · Jesus · Mary · Joseph · angel · shepherds · star · gold · frankincense
mistletoe
Parasitic festive greenery
elves · North Pole · stockings · chimney · St. Nicholas · candy cane · gingerbread · Krampus · Father Christmas · Sinterklaas
celebration
Festive event marking occasion
- holidayDay of rest
- cheerJoyfulness or encouragement
- decorationsObjects adding visual appeal
ornaments · tinsel · lights · garland · wreath · gift-giving · feasting · merriment · joy · family
snowflakes
Frozen precipitation crystals
frost · icicles · mittens · scarf · sleigh · snowman · cold · hearth · evergreen · pine
- ChristmasChristmas tree, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas ornaments, Santa
- Christmas CarolsSilent Night, Jingle Bells, We Three Kings, Good King Wenceslas, carols
- seasonal greetingsmerry Christmas, season's greetings, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa, best wishes
- sacred musichymns, hymn, anthem, anthems, gospel
- songssong, songs, tune, folk ballads, melody
- hymnsAmazing Grace, Old Rugged Cross, Morning Has Broken, hymn, hymnal
noelJingle Bells
Classic holiday carol
Frosty the Snowman · Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer · commercial jingle
- The First NoelTraditional Christmas carol
- first noelChristmas hymn about Jesus's birth
- Noel Gallagher