Meaning
Christmas — the biggest festive season of the Jamaican year. It means fresh paint and new curtains at home, sorrel and rum, Christmas cake (the dark rum-soaked fruit cake), Grand Market on Christmas Eve, and Jonkunnu masquerade in some districts. A time of family, church, and returning relatives from 'foreign'.
Examples
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Wi paint di house fi Christmas.
We paint the house for Christmas.
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Sorrel an rum cake mean Christmas.
Sorrel and rum cake mean it's Christmas.
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Grand Market pack pon Christmas Eve.
Grand Market is packed on Christmas Eve.
Origin
From 'Christmas'; the Jamaican celebration blends church tradition with sorrel, rum cake, Grand Market, and Jonkunnu. See [[sorrel]], [[jonkunnu]].
How it’s used
The major festive season: sorrel, rum cake, Grand Market, Jonkunnu, house-painting. See [[sorrel]], [[grand-market]], [[jonkunnu]].