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| angel_bob (profile) wrote, on 12-15-2004 at 4:47pm | |
| Subject: I didn't know |
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| Xmas has been used for hundreds of years in religious writing, where the X represents a Greek chi, the first letter of, “Christ.” In this use it is parallel to other forms like Xtian, “Christian.” But people unaware of the Greek origin of this X often mistakenly interpret Xmas as an informal shortening pronounced (ecks mas). Many therefore frown upon the term Xmas because it seems to them a commercial convenience that omits Christ from Christmas. | |
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sike-a-delic_grasshopper | 12-15-04 5:11pm Hmm. I didn't know that either. Interesting. |
jaganshi | 12-16-04 8:48pm I knew that. I've been calling Christians Xians for years just for convenience's sake. Whoop it up for abbreviations! |