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Clausmas

Clausmas proper noun: christmas as a celebration of Santa Claus.

Proper noun

Clausmas

  1. (derogatory, humorous) Christmas as a celebration of Santa Claus.
    • I hope everybody in this county will have a Merry Christmas or Clausmas, which is more proper, as usual, but think of the thousands on the other side of the Atlantic who will have a very, very sad one this time.1939 December 21, “Lone Pine”, in C. M. Shafto, editor, Banner County News, volume XLVI, number 51, Harrisburg, Pa.: Nebraska Press Association, →OCLC, page [8], column 5
    • I …wonder that the Christian world has taken Christ out of Christmas and substituted in its place the Santa Claus of Clausmas.1955 December 25, Murray Kantor, quotee, “Christmas Marked by Shriners Here”, in Suffolk News-Herald, volume XXXIII, number 294, Suffolk, Va., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 4

Synonyms of Clausmas

Forms of Clausmas

alternative formClaus-mas

Origin of Clausmas

From Claus (“Santa Claus”) + -mas, after Christmas.

Phrases with Clausmas

Questions about Clausmas

What does Clausmas mean?
Clausmas means christmas as a celebration of Santa Claus.
What part of speech is Clausmas?
Clausmas is a proper noun.

Words near Clausmas in the dictionary

  1. Clausings
  2. Clausius theorem
  3. Clausius-Clapeyron relation
  4. clausmarin
  5. clausmarins
  6. Clausmas
  7. Clauson
  8. Clausons
  9. Claussen
  10. Claussens
  11. clausthalite

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