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Christmassy, a. colloq.|ˈkrɪsməsɪ| Also Christmasy. [f. Christmas + -y1.] Characteristic of, or suitable for, Christmas.
1882Harper's Christmas Pict. & Papers 2 A good big Christmassy paper. 1883T. Anstey in Longm. Mag. III. 253 There was something thoroughly Christmassy..about the witchlike old lady. 1884Graphic 27 Dec. 678/2 Something Christmassy is expected to be seen on the walls of churches and chapels. 1887Pall Mall G. 26 Dec. 2/1 Representing a Christmassy scene in the Arctic regions.
1894Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Dec. 8/3 Oxford, with the undergraduates out of the way and a foot or two of snow in the streets, would look very Christmassy. 1901G. Bourne Bettesworth Bk. 156, I saw that he looked pale and gently sick. ‘Feel a bit Christmassy?’ I said. 1957New Yorker 16 Nov. 157/1 Anticipating the Christmas-party season..trimming bird-cage veils with Christmassy gewgaws. |