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Why Do People Call It “Xmas”?

Hate it when people fuss about it being “taking Christ out of Christmas” It was also originally a telegram shortening.

mentalflossr:

Lots of people think the X in Xmas is a secular watering down of the word Christ. You know, “we love to celebrate the holiday but don’t believe in Jesus,” sort of thing. But that’s not the case.

The X actually comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of Χριστός. Now, if that’s all Greek to you, Χριστός, of course, means Christ.

[by David K. Israel]

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