Aren’t you sick of seeing the same worn-out Christmas marketing clichés every year? I know I am — tired of seeing ‘em and tired of writing ‘em!

In the interest of keeping things fresh, I’ve decided to comb through history to find the best olden time Christmas words for your next marketing campaign.

Grab yourself some bubbly-jock and prepare to get into the Christmastide spirit…

Ramracketting

‘Ramracketting’ is a verb which means ‘to run and leap' around. It can be used to refer to the special Christmas morning hyperactivity that children experience.

Example

The excitement of Christmas morning caused Gary to ramracket around the room.

2. Overquat

‘Overquat’ is a verb used to describe the horrible feeling of overeating. I’m pretty sure you can overquat at any time of the year, but it seems pretty relevant to how I feel at Christmas.

Example

Sarah cut back on the spouts to make sure she didn’t overquat.

3. Christmastide

Christmastide is just another way of saying ‘Christmas time’. Sounds better though, eh?

Example

It’s Christmastide, there’s no need to be afraid.
At Christmastide, we let in light and we banish shade.
In our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy.
Throw your arms around the world, at Christmastide.

4. Bubbly-jock

This may sound like a magical Harry Potter critter but it’s actually a bog standard male turkey. ‘Bubbly-jock’ is the Scottish term for it and — quite frankly — it’s delightful.

Example

Mum roasted our bubbly-jock to perfection.

5. Hogamadog

You can’t make a snowman without first making a hogamadog. It’s the giant ball of snow you get when you roll a small snowball around on the ground around for long enough.

Example

Gary’s impressive snowman started with a hogamadog and a dream.

6. Snow-broth

You know that vile mixture of slush, snow and water that causes catastrophe in the streets? In Shakespearian times, it was known as ‘snow-broth’, which is quite a charming name for something which is relatively troublesome.

Example

Sarah face planted after stepping into the snow-broth.

7. Crawmassing

Once you’ve finished your Christmas meal and you’re feeling ridiculously ‘overquat’, you’ll want to do a spot of ‘crawmassing’. That is to say, tidying up the leftover food and eating scraps of it as you go.

Example

Gary had a nasty habit of crawmassing at family gatherings.

8. Wassailing

Another verb for you, but this time, it’s alcoholic. ‘Wassailing’ is when you go door to door, singing and offering a drink from the wassail bowl (a huge pot of hot spiced wine or beer) in exchange for money. Nowadays we just do carolling which seems far more boring in comparison.

Example