Definition - Christmas Paraphernalia

WORD: Christmas Paraphernalia
PHONICS: `kris-məs ˌper-ə-fə(r)-ˈnāl-yə, ˌpa-rə
DATE: circa October 2009 from JiruChan.

(n.) personal belongings, articles of equipment or accessory items of the winter holiday variety, mainly the Christmas season starting October 31 until December 24, sometimes up until January 5.

These items include and are not limited to:
- electric lights
- animatronic figurines
- glass/plastic ball ornaments
- bells
- fake snow blankets
- candles and scents
- stars and pointy, hurtful objects
- mystery boxes IE gifts
- big red bows
- Coca Cola
- trains and toys and babies
- long johns and stocking


EXAMPLES:
- That house will either burn up or crash down with all that Christmas paraphernalia
- As soon as Halloween is over, all the stores will set up their Christmas paraphernalia and skip Thanksgiving altogether.