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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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CHRISSENMAS, CHRISTENMASS, CHRISTENMAS, n. Old forms of Christmas, now obs. in St.Eng. but still found in Eng. dial. Known to Bnff.², Abd.², Abd.⁹, Ags.¹⁷ 1940 in form Chrissenmas. Jam.² gives Christenmass for Abd. Also met. form Chirsenmas (Abd.¹⁶ 1940).Sc. 1715 Lady Grisell Baillie The Household Book of Lady Grisell Baillie SHS (1911) 40:
To the servants christenmas box half a croun each.Ags. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 72:
Syn Christenmas was past a year, He seized, and hugg'd his treasure dear.Ags. 1925 Forfar Dispatch (31 Dec.) 2/5:
Sic a wey a doin' it is nooadays wi' Chrissenmas!m.Lth. 1996:
What did you get for yer Christenmas.