Akademik

a present given at Christmas for services during the year

↑gratuity, ↑tip, ↑pourboire, ↑baksheesh, ↑bakshish, ↑bakshis, ↑backsheesh

Christmas box noun

1. A box containing Christmas presents

2. A Christmas gift, often of money, to tradesmen, etc

Main Entry: ↑Christmas

Christmas box UK US noun [countable] [singular Christmas box plural Christmas boxes] british

a small present or amount of money given at Christmas to someone who delivers things to your house such as the postman

Thesaurus: presents and gifts_synonym relating to or connected with the christmas period_hypernym general words meaning to give_synonym

Christmas box,

British. defn>(originally) a box used at Christmas for the presents of money to apprentices, servants, porters, and other helpers.

1. a tip given at Christmas to a servant or employee, or to public servants such as a letter carrier or policeman.

2. a) a Christmas present. b) a box of presents at Christmas.

ˈChristmas box [Christmas box] noun (BrE, old-fashioned)

a small gift, usually of money, given at Christmas to sb who provides a service during the year, for example a ↑postman