Are you annoyed with people and businesses that use XMAS instead of CHRISTMAS?

Question

Christmas is the celebration of Christ's birth. Using Xmas is not cute, not shorthand, it's the deliberate removal of Christ out of his own celebration. Don't people who use this word instead of CHRISTMAS know that this is an insult to Christians?

I have never felt insulted when an ancient Greek has use the X instead of Christ. I am dismayed by the psuedo-intellectuals who are not ancient Greeks who offer this as an excuse for not using Christ's name, not even on his birth celebration day. You smug athiest know well that this is why it is used in the 21st century so don't give me any of you "research" nonsense.

Answer 1

I dont like people using X instead of Christ in Christmas it just seems like they are trying to cut Jesus out of Christmas ....

Answer 2

IF you study ancient Greek, the "X" (chi) represents Christ.

XP = Chi Ro = one of the earliest symbols of Christ.

Sorry if you are insulted, but much of the New Testament was written in Greek.

Unfortunately, many folks like you just think that it is "X"ing out Christ. But maybe you draw the wrong conclusion.

EDIT: Dude, first I am not an atheist (How do you know that I am not and some of the folks who responded are not Christian? Why is anyone who is NOT a Christian considered an atheist?). Second, I teach this subject matter, so if that makes me a "smug intellectual" so be it. But name calling is the last resort for someone who doesn't really have an argument.

And FYI - Jesus wasn't born on December 25. He most likely wasn't even born in the wintertime. So why did early Christians choose a pagan holiday to celebrate his "birthday"? Or is that question just to "smug" and "intellectual" for you?

Yep - research equals nonsense. We should really do away with those "book smarts", unless, of course, the book is the Bible.

Answer 3

Guess what? It means the same thing, only the atheist that use it to take Christ out of Christmas don't know it.

Actually the "X" is a shorthand for Jesus. In the old Greek, what the original New Testament was written in, the two symbols from the alphabet or syllabary to mean Jesus Christ was the Chi and the Rho and the Chi Rho somewhat resembled our letters "X" and "P" and eventually the two were superimposed one over the other to look like one single symbol.

Now you know....the very first time "Xmas" was written down it did in fact still mean Christ.

Answer 4

Don't you think that it is an insult to Christ how much of a hoopla Christmas has become? Do you think he enjoys his "birth" being celebrated via greedy people such as yourself? Or by those people who "celebrate his birth" by going to church , putting up a nativity scene, then running home to bathe in their own greed, get p*ssed because someone didn't get the "right" present for them, and then sulk all Christmas long? If you want to preach about insulting Christ on his birthday, maybe you should start with the greediness that abounds from the holiday.

Answer 5

Whyever would we be annoyed?
"X", or chi in Greek, is an abbreviated from of Christ. This was used back in historical times through the present day to refer to Christ. It's the first letter of "Christ" in Greek.

So there is no "removing Christ" about it. It is exactly shorthand. I fail to see where there is any "insult."

Do you research your rants before you type them out?

Answer 6

What? Why are you ranting about this? No, no one cares if this is an insult to Christians, simply because Christians get upset over everything. So, there is no sure way to know when you've actually done something truly offensive.

If you want to write out "CHRISTMAS" - write it out. Don't worry about the others who are in a hurry and have to write 300 other words with it.

Answer 7

News Flash: Christianity coopted much pagan symbology for the celebration of Christmas (like the big green tree you decorate every winter).

Don't think of it as people taking the Christ out of Christmas. Think of it as leaving Christ out of Yule.

Answer 8

I hope they do take Christ out of the word Christmas, because Jesus has nothing to do with the Pagan holiday. How do you really think it makes him feel to know that Christians have adopted a Pagan tradition and stuck his name on it, instead of what it really stands for.

Answer 9

The X is from the Greek, and means literally "Christ". It has been in use for more than one thousand years. It is in no way offensive to learned Christians. Are you a Jew?

Answer 10

Some good answers already, explaining that X is the Greek "chi." I just wanted to add that "Xmas" is still pronounced "Christmas," so there's no need to get annoyed by it.