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'Yuletide' can be split into two words, viz. 'Yule' and 'tide'.

'Yule' is a pre-christian era name for the shortest day, when people celebrated the passing of the 'shortest day.

For 'tide' read it as 'time'.

So Yuletide means the time of the passing of the shortest day,

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Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

Yuletide is a feast or holiday celebrated by the historical Germanic people.

You will sometimes see the prefix -tide, meaning a period of time, used in a few other words, although its use is considered obsolete: Eastertide, Chistmastide, eventide (evening time).

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