Xmas Day

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Noun

Xmas Day (plural Xmas Days)

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of Christmas Day.
    • 1935 December 9, Elsie V. B. Grant, quotee, “FUND FOR NEEDIEST AIDED BY 422 IN DAY; []”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, published 11 December 1935, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 December 2025:
      If it were what my heart and mind desire to give, then you'd be over the top on Xmas Day. But the calls of many which must be heeded personally make it incumbent upon me not to give, but to share what I can.
    • 2009 December 28, Robert Lloyd, quoting Mary McNamara, “Review: “Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part One” on BBC America”, in Los Angeles Times[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 December 2023:
      They take their Christmas TV very seriously, fortunately, because everything else is closed on Xmas Day.
    • 2015 December 9, Joanna Tweedy, “Decorated war bunkers in the 40s, smoking sets in the 60s and Angie Watts in the 80s: []”, in Daily Mail[3], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 December 2025:
      The Robshaw family recreated Xmas Day from six different decades
    • 2018 December 24, Keith Stuart, quoting Jen Simpkins, “The gift of gaming: the joys of getting a console for Christmas”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 December 2018:
      I would go on to request various Japanese import DS games for birthdays (Electroplankton!!) and a new Phoenix Wright game every Christmas, which I would always rattle through all Xmas Day and Boxing Day while ignoring my lovely family.