De|cem|ber

De|cem|ber
De|cem|ber «dih SEHM buhr», noun.
the 12th and last month of the calendar year. It has 31 days. »

December 25th is Christmas.

Abbr: Dec.
[< Old French decembre, learned borrowing from Latin December < decem ten (in the early Roman calendar it was the tenth and last month)]

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