Michaelmasmass

Michaelmasmass: noun. The extent to which a family values and holds in high esteem and importance the festivities of Michaelmas. Essentially if a family has low michaelmasmass then they either don't consider Michaelmas at all important or don't actually know about the holiday. On the other hand a family with a high michaelmasmass is likely to hold Michaelmas in importance equal to that of Christmas or even higher. It is possible for a family, which does not honour Christmas to have a michaelmasmass, as they are not mutually exclusive, despite common sense.