Santa-mas

Santamas English Proper noun Santa-mas en Santamas. en 20 December 1912 Church Notes G. H. Graham The Nebraska News VIII 42 Lincoln, Neb. The Claflin Publishing Company [2] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/767832788/ 3 32697550 Last year all were greatly pleased with the new “White Christmas” celebration, a plan by which the occasion is a real Christ-mas and not a Santa-mas, that being left for the homes. The breakdown of our holidays into days of mere worldly diversion is pathetic—e. g.: Fourth of July without patriotism, Thanksgiving day without thanks and Christmas day without Christ. What insults to the Almighty! Let us make it not alone a Santa-mas, but a Christ-mas. en 18 December 1925 Miscellany Column Linus G. Wey The Lake Shore VisitorA Weekly Journal of Catholic News and Views XVI 7 (537 overall) Erie, Pa. 14 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/951939872/ 6 13721090 Santa is perfectly unobjectionabl—but in his place. That place is not the center of the Christmas feast. He should be in the background, a minor actor in the great drama. The feast is Christmas, named for Christ, not “Santa-mas.” en 19 December 2003 Ed Brady He’s celebrating ‘CHRIST-mas,’ not ‘SANTA-mas’ w:The Boscobel Dial 131 52 Boscobel, Wis. 25 December 2003 3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/750444540/ 2 13255622 When I order a salad in a restaurant I let the cook mix in a generous serving of salad dressing. However, some people ask the waitress for the “dressing on the side.” Is that how we are to treat Christ at Christmas? “I’d like a little Jesus, on the side, please!” Let us be polite but persuasive. Be a tender warrior as we fight for what is right. I’m not celebrating “SANTA-mas” this year. I’m celebrating “CHRIST-mas.”