a. colloq. [f. CHRISTMAS + -Y1.] Characteristic of, or suitable for, Christmas.
1882. Harper’s Christmas Pict. & Papers, 2. A good big Christmassy paper.
1883. ‘F. Anstey,’ in Longm. Mag., III. 253. There was something thoroughly Christmassy, for example, about the witchlike old lady.
1884. C. Bede, in Graphic, 27 Dec., 678/3. Something Christmassy is expected to be seen on the walls of churches and chapels.
1887. Pall Mall Gaz., 26 Dec., 2/1. Representing a Christmassy scene in the Arctic regions.
