Christmaslessness

noun

Absence of Christmas.

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Meanings

nounChristmaslessness (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableAbsence of Christmas.

    "You mean ... you don't have Christmas? But that's so sad." I can't have been more than seven years old the first time somebody commiserated with my Christmaslessness.

    1996, David Frum, “The Spirit of Hannukah”, in What's Right, Toronto: Random House of Canada, →ISBN, page 277
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    Parliament passed a law in June 1647 banning any celebration of Christmas at all. […] Old Father Christmas himself became a symbol of the old England that must be protected in this time of Christmaslessness. Once again, even when Christmas was outlawed, we see people harking back to a forgotten glorious age of Ye Olde Christmas Celebration.

    2017, Paul Kerensa, Hark! The Biography of Christmas, Oxford: Lion Hudson, →ISBN, pages 136–137

Origin

From Christmasless + -ness.

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APA

Christmaslessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmaslessness

MLA

“Christmaslessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmaslessness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Christmaslessness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmaslessness.

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