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.
    • 1912 December 12, Brown Brothers, “13 Days Until Christmas”, in The Medford Star, volume XIX, number 30, Medford, Okla., →OCLC, page [7]:
      You should buy early as we will probably be sold out before X-mas day arrives.
    • 2010 May 20, Marc Ambinder, “The Night Beat: Clapper, and What's Next for the Intelligence Community”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic‎[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2010:
      Soon 12/25, the failed X-mas day bombing attack, Blair embarrassed the WH by misstating the status of the new High-Value Detainee Interrogation Unit (HIG) teams.
    • 2011 November 28, LeBron James, quotee, “Basketball: James 'juiced' at end of lockout”, in The Independent‎[2], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 December 2011:
      Man I just got up not too long ago and see we have a deal! I feel like my kids on X-mas day!
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