Christmass

English

Christmass

Obsolete form of Christmas.
- 1687, Increaſe Mather, “Againſt profane Chriſt-maſs-keeping.”, in A Testimony Against ſeveral Prophane and Superſtitious Customs, Now Practiſed by ſome in New England, The Evil whereof is evinced from the Holy Scriptures, and from the Writings both of Ancient and Modern Divines.‎^[1], London, →OCLC, page 18:
  In the pure Apostolical times there was no Chriſt-maſs day observed in the Church of God.