X-mas tree

See also: X'mas tree and Xmas tree

English

Alternative forms

Noun

X-mas tree (plural X-mas trees)

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of Christmas tree.
    • 1988, “You'll Miss Me”‎[1]performed by They Might Be Giants:
      You'll miss me
      With effigies
      Lighting up your house like X-mas trees
      As tears roll down, below your knees
      Pronounced as X-mas, not Christmas.
    • 2009 December 20, The Daily Dish, quoting a reader, “Depressing Christmas Songs, Ctd”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic‎[2], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 December 2020:
      I saw Slick Nick fall over the X-mas tree / He was a Whole[sic] different man from / What mom and dad told me
    • 2010 November 30, Post Staff Report, “Portland ‘terrorist’ indicted”, in New York Post‎[3], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 December 2025:
      MOHAMUD: X-mas tree bomb plot.
    • 2021 December 6, Deirdre Simonds, quoting Madonna, “Madonna celebrates the final night of Hanukkah by decorating a Christmas tree with her kids dressed as an elf”, in Daily Mail‎[4], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 December 2021:
      We had fun celebrating the last day of Hanukkah by decorating the X-mas tree.
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