pickaninny Christmas

noun3

1. •
   (offensive, no longer used) Easter (Christian feast).

   • Two or three days were given at Christmas and also at Easter, which the slaves called pickaninny Christmas. — 2004
2. •
   (offensive, no longer used) Carnival (the period before lent).

   • In St. Vincent, as late as the 1960s, Carnival was considered the children's Christmas—"pickaninny Christmas" […] — 1999
3. •
   (offensive, no longer used) Synonym of junkanoo.

   • Yet African musical traditions survived, most notably in the annual Jonkonnu masquerade parade, contemptuously dubbed "Pickaninny Christmas" by the whites. — 2003