It may be quicker to write that way, but jeez, it is so common for people to write it like that. If it weren't for Christ, we wouldn't even be celebrating anything!
2006-10-19 06:12:29 · 49 answers · asked by Joe Somebody 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it's the same reason people don't want to say merry christmas and want to say happy holidays. your right if it wasn't for christ there would be no christmas. people have done so much to commercialize christmas and with the people that don't believe in christ getting everthing that has to do with him out of the picture because it's against their beliefs but what about us that believe in him.
2006-10-19 06:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by snoopdizzal 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
XMAS
Many interpreted the X as a sign of disrespect. Believing the X replaced Christ in Christmas. However, the Greeks originated the abbreviation for Christmas. X is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ, Xristos.
2006-10-19 06:31:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all Christ is a title and when Jesus was baptized he took on that title...Messiah (Christ) if we can find the date when that happen then if you are a Christian, celebrate that date.
The Catholics added the -mas after Christ.
Jesus at the time he was born did not take on that title until he was 30 yrs old when he was baptized.
The Christmas as some people celebrate is not the birth of Jesus 25th of December it is a pagan holiday.
Jesus was born, if you check out a good Bible ref works
using the scriptures you will find Jesus was born in Oct not Dec. 6 months younger than John the baptist.
Date of the celebration...McClintock and Strong's cyclopedia...New York, 1871, vol.II, p.276
Luke 2:8-11 and many other sources. please take time to investigate. one last thought...The New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges..."The date of Christ's birth is not known..........." read it please.
2006-10-19 06:43:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do believe the reason is that it is meaningless giving but mainly economics. People are no longer out to share in gift giving for the love of it. They are burdened by others getting in their way. Long lines. Too many disgruntled people come out because they don't find the spirit of love and giving loving but only a burden or a 'have too'. And as the US gets culturally diversed, christianity slowly gets watered down because christians don't stand their ground as the founders religious-wise, for this country and afraid to offend others who don't celebrate Christmas. So it is called Xmas - a dying holiday not to be celebrated as it was back in the day filled with joy and love and happiness. At one time truly - twas the season to be jolly. Jolly is no more!
2006-10-19 06:22:06 · answer #4 · answered by rightbackatcha! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, that letter may look like an "X" and walk like an "X" and quack like an "X," but it isn't an "X." That's the Greek letter "chi" which is pronounced about like "ch" was in Old English ... which is to say, about how it's pronounced in German today, or in a few imported words, like "Christ" or "Christmas," for example.
"X" (as in chi) was used as an abbreviation for Christ from early times, perhaps initially as a camouflage for the religion. It was the first letter of the word Christos (meaning "the anointed one," e.g., the Messiah) and fortuitously was cross-shaped, so there seemed to be some symbolism or double meaning. It's been used as a scholarly and not-so-scholarly abbreviation since.
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2006-10-19 06:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by ~moon~ 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are those (the American Communist Liberties Union for one) who want to take Christ out all of our lives completely. If we do not stand up for what we believe, they will. I intentionally wish store clerks a Merry Christmas. I tell people 'God Bless you' when they sneeze. These, and many more, little things do make a difference. It is bad enough we will have to be dealing with the Islamist extremists over this, we should not have to put up with it from our own country men.
2006-10-19 06:17:10 · answer #6 · answered by Spirit Walker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't even born on Dec 25th anyways.
Just because you believe in Christ doesn't mean the whole nation does. Perhaps those people find it annoying and opt to leave it out or say Happy Holidays instead.
Besides, Christmas is no longer about religion and more about making money, as are all holidays.
2006-10-19 06:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by betsymaemae 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The word "Christ" and its compounds, including "Christmas", have been abbreviated for at least the past 1,000 years, long before the modern "Xmas" was commonly used. "Christ" was often written as "XP" or "Xt"; there are references in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as far back as 1021 AD. This X and P arose as the uppercase forms of the Greek letters χ and ρ), used in ancient abbreviations for Χριστος (Greek for "Christ") (see Labarum), and are still widely seen in many Eastern Orthodox icons depicting Jesus Christ.
Many people believe that the term is part of an effort to "take Christ out of Christmas" or to literally "cross out Christ";[citation needed] it is also seen as evidence of the secularization of Christmas or a vehicle for pushing political correctness, or as a symptom of the commercialization of the holiday (as the abbreviation has long been used by retailers).
2006-10-19 06:15:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Thats the problem with society now. If possible, they try to take Christ out of everything! Please put Christ back in the word Christmas. Although Jesus was not actually born on Dec 25, it is a season that the world should reflect the birth of Jesus and the fact He was came to the earth to save all of us from our sins through His death and ressurection.
2006-10-19 06:34:27 · answer #9 · answered by desigaal 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You should know by now that most Americans take short-cuts to just about anything they can. It's not a slight on Christ, it's just lazy. I agree, if they want to celebrate for the real meaning, they should take an extra second and spell out Christmas!
2006-10-19 06:15:43 · answer #10 · answered by flip4it 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The "X" comes from the Greek letter 'chi' which looks like an X...and is the beginning of the greek word 'christos' which stands for Christ. So, the debate goes on....It's not bad, but it causes some Christians to have a bee in their butt about it.
2006-10-19 06:16:08 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋