Christmass

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A form of Christmas — Sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations; also (generally), any Christmas decorations.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Christmas.

    In the pure Apostolical times there was no Chriſt-maſs day observed in the Church of God.

    1687, Increaſe Mather, “Againſt profane Chriſt-maſs-keeping.”, in A Testimony Against ſeveral Prophane and Superſtitious Customs, Now Practiſed by ſome in New England, The Evil whereof is evinced from the Holy Scriptures, and from the Writings both of Ancient and Modern Divines., London, →OCLC, page 18
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