Wordlab » Christmas http://www.wordlab.com The naming and branding community Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:58:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Meet Mary Christmas http://www.wordlab.com/2007/12/meet-mary-christmas/ http://www.wordlab.com/2007/12/meet-mary-christmas/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:05:00 +0000 quark http://devtest.zinzin.com/2007/12/meet-mary-christmas/
That’s Brian Christmas in the background…I think you get the picture.

According to Ancestry.com:

The surname Christmas originated in Wales, sometimes given to people born on Christmas Day.There are 89 people named Mary Christmas in the U.S. [no mention Wales or elsewhere on this one].

Other Christmas-related names on U.S. Public Records include: Jack Frost, Santa Claus, Santa Helper, Carol Christmas, On Christmas and Christmas House.

Other names found in the U.S. Public Records include: Xmas Alley, Past Xmas, Eve Xmas, Kris Kringle, Snow Ball, Snow Flakes, Saint Nicholas, Rudolph Reindeer and Ginger Bread [I think I knew a stripper named Snowball].

There is no Frosty the Snowman, but 1,700 individuals show up with the surname Snowman in the census records [1700 Snowmen and not a Frosty among them? ...wimps].

Christmas is also a popular first name, according to census records. These include Christmas Joy, Christmas Day, Christmas Week, Christmas Coal, Christmas Cane, Merry Christmas Kellogg and Christmas December.

That’s it for Christmas – Happy Seasonal Tides and Greetings!

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