Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Clausmas.
For those who don’t yet know the joyous message of Christmas, and whose holiday season is a dreary, lifeless ritual, I wish a Merry Claus-mas, and a prayer that they will soon discover true peace and rest in the loving, gentle, comforting embrace of Jesus, the “reason for the season.”
1993 December 13, Robert P. Renaud, “Don’t let commercialism cloud Christmas”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 102, number 236, Pittsfield, Mass.: Eagle Publishing Company, published 20 December 1993, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A6, column 52 more examples
Quick! When you hear the word “Christmas,” what first comes to mind? Did you think, “Santa Claus?” If you did, chances are strong that you don’t celebrate Christmas; you celebrate “Claus-mas.” […] The way you celebrate Christmas shows who or what you worship. Don’t have “Claus-mas”; have Christ-mas! Christmas is a celebration of Jesus’ birthday!
1990 December 21, Vicki L. Bryan, “Santa or Satan?”, in Kingsport Times-News, Southwest Virginia edition, 74th year, number 355, Kingsport, Tenn.: Kingsport Publishing Corp., →OCLC, page 8A, column 3The few presents they receive will be placed around that manger as a constant reminder of the greatest gift ever given—the reason we celebrate. Believers everywhere, I encourage you to celebrate Christmas and not Claus-mas. Perhaps if we do, those around us will experience the uncompromised joy, peace and hope that this season was meant to bring.
1997 December 23, John R. Norwood Jr., “Spiritual values: Celebrate Christmas, not Claus-mas”, in The Times, Trenton, N.J., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A15, column 6
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