Friendsmas

English

Etymology

Blend of friends +‎ Christmas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Friendsmas (plural Friendsmases)

1. (informal) A Christmas celebration spent with one's friends.

   Coordinate term: Friendsgiving

   • 2014 December 25, Eryk Bagshaw, “Unwanted Christmas gifts: $520 million worth of presents”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎^[1]:

     Few would have a greater mountain of unwanted Christmas gifts to climb than primary school teacher Kathleen Bevis, who splits her time between four Christmas's and one "Friendsmas" each year. […] "I couldn't get rid of it," Ms Bevis said. "I re-gifted it to a friend at Friendsmas, only to find it left behind."