Meaning of Xmas | Babel Free

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Abbreviation of Christmas.

abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In ye Xmas and Whitsuntide Vacations, ye Scholars study⟳ at a rate of an hour and a Quarter each day & all yt go home have⟳ proportionable Tasks set⟳ them...”

“A thousand thanks, merry Xmasses & happy New Years to you for yʳ delightful letter: […]”

“On Xmas Day I breakfasted with Davy, with the intention of dining with you...”

“[…]but if you won't come⟳ here before Xmas, I very much fear we shall not meet⟳ here at all[…]”

“My dear Wilkie,—we will arrange⟳ our Xmas No., please⟳ God, under the shade of the Oak Trees.”

“I should be very glad if you could help⟳ me in fixing on a name⟳ for my fairy-tale, which Mr. Tenniel (in consequence of your kind introduction) is now illustrating for me, and which I hope⟳ to get⟳ published before Xmas.”

“A Xmas card is a pleasant memento of a season of good will and kindly sentiment. It is a reminiscence of Xmas time. With Xmas we associate happy gatherings of friends, wintry skies without and cheerful hearths within, ice and snow⟳ to be kept in subjugation by warmth of disposition and genial affection. The Xmas cards ought to embody such traits, physical and mental.”

“They used to keep⟳ merry Xmasses with us in the old days when Xmas was merry, and now they come⟳ back and we share⟳ our Christmas dainties with them against our will.”

“[…]as well as give⟳ the Imperial spree a notice⟳ next to reading matter⟳ in the Xmas issue⟳[…]”

“I was greatly pleased at receiving yours, and those of your sisters, and I did not think⟳ them at all too late; for as several of the Church Festivals have⟳ their ‘Octave’ so the chief mysteries of the Faith carry⟳ a glory around their heads that sends their light⟳ in a wide circle, like⟳ the halo round the head of a pictured Saint; and so I send⟳ my ‘Many Happy Xmasses’ and ‘Many Happy New Years’ to you and yours.”

“Don't let⟳ us spoil⟳ the Xmas holidays by a chore as colossal as it is disagreeable, and as disagreeable as it is unnecessary.”

“We’re off to Gstaad today until the sth of Jan. We have⟳ chartered a large plane, I’m not quite sure what it is but it seats about 16 and is a turbo-jet. The reason⟳ is that we have⟳ so many people coming with us: Sarah, Michael, Chris, Liza, Maria, Caroline, John Something-or-other who is Simmy’s boy friend from Hawaii, and our two bad selves. Otherwise it’s going to be one of those quiet, pipe-smoking, slippered, log-fired Xmasses with a well-loved and well-remembered volume of Dickens.”

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