Christmas Vocabulary Christmas expressions Merry Christmas! Happy Christmas Happy New Year! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Wishing you a prosperous New Year All the best for the coming year Seasons Greetings! advent the arrival of someone or something important Advent the coming (or second coming) of Jesus Christ; the month leading up to Christmas angel a spiritual being acting as a messenger of God (usually shown as a human being with wings) berry a small round fruit Bethlehem the small town in the Middle East believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ candle a cylinder of wax with a central wick (like string) which burns to produce light chimney a vertical pipe in a house that allows smoke and gases to escape from a fireplace (Father Christmas traditionally enters a house through its chimney) Christ the title of Jesus (also used as His name) Christian a person who believes in Christianity; also an adjective Christianity the religion based on the t...