Santa Claus-mas

Santa Clausmas English Proper noun Santa Claus-mas en Santa Clausmas. en 22 December 1934 Mrs. W. R. Spence Commercializing Christmas The Montreal Daily Star postscript LXVI 304 Montreal, Que. Montreal Star Company 10 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/741897733/ 6 12026624 For several years I have been steadily working against this cult of Santa Claus, which I maintain has converted “Christ-mas” into “Santa Claus-mas”. en 19 December 1940 Cornelia C. Hodges Let the Spirit Catch Up w:California Democrat 82 20 California, Mo. 6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/958510347/ 1 12298843 The tempo of all work is being stepped up and the atmosphere of gaiety is being cultivated, sometimes at the expense of overwrought nerves and sacrifices of health. Sometimes this goes to the point of losing the perspective of the real Christmas thought, and we are inclined to turn the Christmas into a carnival of a Santa Claus-mas. en 28 November 2012 T.C. Streff ‘Tricky Turkmas’ could appease shoppers, stores The Daily Sentinel 120 9 Grand Junction, Colo. 4A https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/529712931/ 2 1545-8962 11217358 One, starting in January each year, folks should buy one or two Christmas presents each month, wrap them, bag them and set them high in a closet; by Labor Day they’d be ready for the big day—no anxiety, no budget woes, no seasonal depression, no problems and the nation’s retailers won’t have to worry about making their annual profits in just one month. They might quit annoying us with their Santa Claus-mas mania. Win-win for everyone. en Santa Clausmas