X-mas tree

plural X-mas trees · alternative X'mas tree · alternative Xmas tree

1. abbreviationinformalAbbreviation of Christmas tree.

   MOHAMUD: X-mas tree bomb plot.

   2010 November 30, Post Staff Report, “Portland ‘terrorist’ indicted”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2025

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   You'll miss me With effigies Lighting up your house like X-mas trees As tears roll down, below your knees

   1988, “You'll Miss Me”performed by They Might Be Giants

   I saw Slick Nick fall over the X-mas tree / He was a Whole^([sic]) different man from / What mom and dad told me

   2009 December 20, The Daily Dish, quoting a reader, “Depressing Christmas Songs, Ctd”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2020

   We had fun celebrating the last day of Hanukkah by decorating the X-mas tree.

   2021 December 6, Deirdre Simonds, quoting Madonna, “Madonna celebrates the final night of Hanukkah by decorating a Christmas tree with her kids dressed as an elf”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2021