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One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht f, das Weihnachten n und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words. If you find frölichefröhliche Weihnachten, it must be the plural.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht f, das Weihnachten n und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words. If you find fröliche Weihnachten it must be the plural.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht f, das Weihnachten n und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words. If you find fröhliche Weihnachten, it must be the plural.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

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One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht f, das Weihnachten n und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words. If you find fröliche Weihnachten it must be the plural.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht f, das Weihnachten n und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht f, das Weihnachten n und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words. If you find fröliche Weihnachten it must be the plural.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

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One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht ff, das Weihnachten nn und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht f, das Weihnachten n und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

One finds the explanation in the first line of the Wiktionary entry for this word.

"Regional wird die Weihnacht f, das Weihnachten n und die Weihnachten (Plural) unterschiedlich gebraucht."

Weihnacht (feminine noun) and Weihnachten (neuter) are then different words.

By the way, slightly off-topic: Does one say an or zu Weihnachten?

Sie wollten {an·zu} Weihnachten kommen.

The answer is here, taken from one of my favourite sources (Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache): enter image description here

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