Praise upholding Christmas, omitting line about fireplace item? (6)
I believe the answer is:
eulogy
'praise' is the definition.
(eulogy is a kind of praise)
'upholding christmas omitting line about fireplace item?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'line' could be 'log' (log line is a kind of line) and 'log' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eulogy that I've seen before include "Formally expressed praise" , "Expression of praise for someone recently dead" , "Formal expression of praise" , "Speech highly praising someone" , "A speech or piece of writing in praise of someone" .)