Chrimbo

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Chrimbo

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The OED cites the first printed usage (of the variant spelling Crimbo) as being in 1928. They give John Lennon's 1963 usage in a Beatles' Fan Club Christmas single as the first recorded use of the variant form Crimble.

proper noun Chrimbos · Crimbo

UK, slang Christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects. The thing is, The Montrose is cracker on a Thursday night, never mind that the Chrimbo lunacy season has kicked off good and proper.
Similar: Crimble

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@misc{chrimbo_2026,
  title = {Chrimbo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chrimbo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}