Associations to the word «Xmas»

Wiktionary

XMAS, noun. (informal) Abbreviation of Christmas.

Dictionary definition

XMAS, noun. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats