Christ-mas
See also: Christmas
English
Proper noun
- Alternative form of Christmas used to emphasize Jesus Christ.
- 1934 December 22, Mrs. W. R. Spence, “Commercializing Christmas”, in The Montreal Daily Star, postscript edition, volume LXVI, number 304, Montreal, Que.: Montreal Star Company, →OCLC, page 10, column 6:
- For several years I have been steadily working against this cult of Santa Claus, which I maintain has converted “Christ-mas” into “Santa Claus-mas”.
- 1993 December 2, Wallace Mayo, quoting Al Lauer, “December 5, "One Bread, One Body"”, in bit.listserv.catholic[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 December 2025:
- We need Christ to celebrate Christ-mas. After all, Christmas is His birthday. How can we celebrate a birthday without focusing on the One born? We need Mass to celebrate Christ-mas. Mass is the principal place to receive and give Christ's Christmas love. Without celebrating Mass, the very word "Christ-mas" loses its meaning.
- 2004 December 10, harmonybrenda@yahoo.com, “UK here I come...”, in alt.fan.elton-john[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 December 2025:
- Love a Christian for Christ-mas!!:)) (after all, we're ALL sinners! in one way or another! and it's only thanks to Jesus that we stand any chance of living forever in bliss:))) \\\\+//// "Jesus is the Reason for the Season"
- 2007 December 11, boots, “The God Deletion”, in misc.writing[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 December 2025:
- >There are a lot of toys.
>He [Santa Claus] puts the sack full of toys in his sleigh, hitches up a team
>of flying reindeer and sets off from the North Pole. […]
Do you celebrate Christ-mas, RJM?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Christ-mas.