Christmassed out

See also: Christmassed-out

English

Alternative forms

• Christmassed-out

Adjective

Christmassed out (comparative more Christmassed out, superlative most Christmassed out)

1. Saturated by, or fed up with, Christmas.
   • 2005 February, Nora Laurie Percival, Herman Gund, “A Taste of Paradise”, in Silver Pages on the Lawn: A True Story of Student Love during the 1930s, Vilas, N.C.: Kent Hollow Press, published November 2009, →ISBN, part III (Fall 1934—Love Learns), page 141:

     That evening, after the family, Christmased out, went early to bed, Herman brought out his unmailed letters.

   • 2009, Julia Williams, “Prologue”, in Last Christmas, London: Avon, →ISBN, page 14:

     Christmas muzak was pumping out, presumably to get her into the spirit of the thing. Not much chance of that, when she had felt all Christmassed out for months. Bugger off, she felt like shouting as a particularly cheesy version of ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ blared out. Look at all these people. Do any of them look bloody merry?

   • 2012, Jon Ronson, “Santa’s Little Conspirators”, in Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, part three (Everyday Difficulty), page 157:

     I notice that this is one of the very few buildings in town that hasn’t any Christmas decorations whatsoever. / “We’re a respite from Christmas, I guess,” Suze explains. “Our kids are all Christmassed out.”