yuletide

noun1

1. •
   The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.

noun3

1. •
   (old-fashioned) The period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.

   • It's Christmas at ground zero / Just seconds left to go / I'll duck and cover / With my Yuletide lover / Underneath the mistletoe — 1986
2. •
   (old-fashioned) The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas (but sometimes recreated by modern neo-pagans).

   • For this is the Yuletide, and the heathen people of the forest are gathered at the thunder-oak of Geismar to worship their god, Thor. — 1902
3. •
   (Australia) The period of southern winter in the middle of the year, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas, which originated as a marketing gimmick.