Mother Xmas

plural Mother Xmases

1. abbreviationinformalAbbreviation of Mother Christmas.

   Tommy hears of Father Xmas, and wants to know who Mother Xmas is.

   1894 December 21, “Riddles, Puzzles, and Conundrums”, in The Shepton Mallet Journal, City of Wells Reporter, and County Advertiser, number 1970, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, →OCLC, page 2, column 3

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   A party of twenty little boys, instructed by[…], sang exceedingly nicely. Mrs. […]ed as Mother Xmas, distributed a present to […]

   1896 January 18, “Ramsey”, in Peterborough and Hunts. Standard […], volume XXIV, number 1,228, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, →OCLC, page 8, column 1

   Let the children meet “Father” Xmas and “Mother” Xmas, who are coming by sleigh, driven by their Cossack.

   1930 December 13, “Monster Carnival”, in Williamstown Chronicle, number 4399, Williamstown, Vic., →OCLC, page [3], column 5

   As usual the women of the C.W.A. acted as “Mother Xmases” to hundreds of small folk during the festive season.

   1933 January 20, Jennifer, “Some Xmas Echoes”, in The Land, number 1126, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 2

   Messrs. J. Purdie and F. Eddie, of Wunghnu, acted as Father Xmas and Mother Xmas. As these gentlemen have assisted in this work for a number of years, the parents made a presentation to them after the children received their presents. Father and Mother Xmas spoke to them, and said it gave them much pleasure in coming out to Bunbartha.

   1935 January 3, “Annual Christmas Tree”, in The Goulburn Valley Stock & Property Journal, number 817, Shepparton, Vic.: Stanley Roy McPherson for “The Shepparton News” Publishing Coy., →ISSN, →OCLC, page [2], column 6

   Including Father Xmas and Mother Xmas Suits and many other fancy dress outfits for sale

   1988 December 7, Liverpool Echo, 4 PM city edition, number 33,759, Liverpool, Merseyside, →OCLC, page 25