The Christmas period (8)
I believe the answer is:
yuletide
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the christmas period</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for yuletide that I've seen before include "Old word for Christmas season" , "Xmas" , "Christmastime" , "in depths of winter" , "Present time" .)