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2006-07-13 21:52:29 · 9 answers · asked by remo 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"The familiar abbreviation for Christmas originated with the Greeks. X is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ, Xristos. By the sixteenth century, "Xmas" was in popular usage throughout Europe. Whereas early Christians had understood that the term merely was Greek for "Christ?s mass," later Christians, unfamiliar with the Greek reference, mistook the X as a sign of disrespect, an attempt by heathen to rid Christmas of its central meaning. Therefore, for several hundred years, Christians disapproved of the use of the term. Some still do, but nowadays, most people are accepting as the use of the term "xmas" as shorthand for "Christmas""
2006-07-13 21:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by xtowgrunt 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
merchants trying to take the christ out of christmas - yang to the yin of when the Master broke up the merchants tables at the Temple in Jerusalem and said "My father's house is not a marketplace."
merchants have tried to make this celebration a marketplace, and exposed their "eh - whoever - whatever - X" idea as a marketing tool.
2006-07-14 05:00:58 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't have anything to do with anyone trying to take Christ out of it. It's just a shorthand way of spelling Christmas. Nothing more.
2006-07-14 05:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ= PX Christ(X)mas I think I's the first letter of the greek spelling of Jesus Christ or something like that
2006-07-14 04:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by Obilee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Liberals wanted the CHRIST taken out
2006-07-14 04:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by snuggels102 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do not ever use x mas... it is taking Christ out.
2006-07-14 04:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by wildwildannie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because non-believer don't want to believe that it is Jesus birthday , so they took the word Christ out of it
2006-07-14 04:57:54 · answer #7 · answered by Homer Jones 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because people are too lazy to type christmas.
2006-07-14 04:55:15 · answer #8 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS ABBREVIATION
2006-07-14 04:55:32 · answer #9 · answered by hisahito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋