X'mas Day

See also: X'mas day, X-mas Day, X-mas day, Xmas Day, and Xmas day

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Noun

X'mas Day (plural X'mas Days)

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of Christmas day.
    • 1885 December 11, “Notes of the Week”, in Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser and Guardian, and East and Mid Cheshire Gazette, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, →OCLC, page 4, column 5:
      The committee have made a happy selection in fixing X’mas Day for the interesting gathering, and it is to be sincerely hoped that the meeting will be a successful and joyous one; […]
    • 1890 December 27, Percy Lawton, “A Fairy in Furs; or, Caught at Christmas”, in The Wrexham Advertiser, and North Wales News, volume XLII, Wrexham, Denbighshire, →OCLC, chapter IV, page 7, column 4:
      “[…] We will compare notes later on.” And we did, as I escorted Miss Denison back to her aunt’s house just before X’mas Eve became X’mas Day.
    • 1894 November 17, S. Carsley, “Carsley’s Column”, in The Gazette, volume CXXIII, number 276, Montreal, Que., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 5:
      Purchases made and paid for of Oriental Goods for Christmas Presents can be stored free of charge and delivered any time before X’mas Day.
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