Surname origin
A frequent surname for one born at Christmas.
Ralph Cristemesse 1185
Rotuli de Dominabus Essex
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5.

The Christmas Tree is extensive so if you have a 'Christmas' in this part of Hampshire it is a fair bet you can link in somewhere.
I can, however, take no credit for putting it all together, that should go to John Reeves of Salisbury.
e-mail me from my home page for more details.

'Kish'?  
Kish is  a Biblical name.
He was the father of Saul, the first King of Israel.
See 1 Samuel 9:

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Dinah Christmas married Benjamin FITT on the 14th January 1847 at Kennington, London. he was 47, she 20. Dinah was the youngest daughter of Thomas Christmas and Hannah (TAYLOR), an agricultural labourer in Selborne.
However she is descended from Thomas Christmas of Northchapel, Sussex and Binsted, Hampshire who died in 1589 and may have been the Thomas Christmas who contributed £25 to the 1588 Armada fund.

Thomas Christmas ( - 1589) of Northchapel = Agnes LYCKEFOLD

Henry  ( - 1630) of Binsted =?

Nicholas (1589 - <1644) = Mary ? ( - 1661)

Nicholas ( - 1695) of Binsted = (1) Anne ? = (2) Elizabeth ? ( - 1695)

• (1) William ( 1655 - 1692) of 'Gibbs' in Selborne =Elizabeth HEIGHES( - 1708)
  • William (1680 - 1745) of 'Gibbs' in Selborne =Diana ? ( - 1772)
    • Jesse
    • William (1717 -
    • Daniel 1719 - 1785)
    • Eli (1722)X
    • Eli (1727 - 1785) X
    • Hannah = George CARPENTER
    • Kish (1724- 1803) of East Worldham = (1) ? = (2) Mary BULL
      • Kish (1752- 1818) of Kingsley and West Worldham =  Anne PINK (1752/3 - 1823)
        
        • Celia (1778 -
        • Mary (1780 - ) = James BICKNELL (1779 - 1849)
        • William (1783 - 1833) = Sarah TAYLOR
        • Thomas (1785 - 1875) = Hannah TAYLOR (1784 - 1850)
          • Daniel (1808 - ) = Ann ? ( - )
            • Jane (c.1841 - )
            • James (c.1842 - )
            • Charles (c.1844 - )
            • John (c.1847 - )
          • Anne (1809 - )
          • Thomas (1811 - ) = Frances CANNON
          • John (1811 - )
          • William (1814 -) = Ann CANNON (1820-)
          • James (1816 - 1865) = Mary Ann CANNON (1817 - )
          • Hannah (1818 - )
          • Eli (1819 - = Elizabeth CANNON
          • Eliza (1822 - )
          • Sarah (1824 - )
          • George (1825 - ) = Ann KEMP
          • Dinah (1827 - 1873) = Benjamin FITT (1800 - 1869)
            • Gilbert FITT (1858 - 1909) =Caroline SMITH (1859 - 1897)
              • Arthur Henry FITT (1890 - 1954) = Mary Ann COOPER (1887 - 1975)
                • Irene FITT = Alfred John William COX
          • Hannah Anne (1831 - )
        • Daniel (1788 -
        • Dinah (1790 - ) = James GODDARD
        • John (1793 - 1859)= Elizabeth BROWNING (c.1795-)
          • Edward (1817-1875) = Eliza BURNINGHAM
          • Avice (1824- ) = Ephraim HAYDON
      • John ( - 1805) = Elizabeth ?
  • Elizabeth