2006-12-11 03:47:21 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
non-believers celebrate only the "commercial Christmas" so they may as well X out Christ.
He means nothing to them.
2006-12-11 03:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this developed out of an old superstition about writing Christ's name. But after researching on wikipedia find I'm wrong.
"Xmas" and "X-mas" are common abbreviations of the word "Christmas". They are sometimes pronounced "eksmas", but they, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the pronunciation "Christmas". The "-mas" part came from the Anglo-Saxon for "festival", "religious event": Crīstesmæsse or Crīstemæsse. This abbreviation is widely but not universally accepted; some view it as demeaning to Christ, whilst others find it a helpful abbreviation.--Wikipedia
The article goes on to trace the abbreviation back about a 1000yrs. Apparently people are just lazy, and always have been.
2006-12-11 11:53:36 · answer #2 · answered by Jessy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x-mas, Christmas......Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings, and other terms used all mean the same to me ---- I think people that try to make an argumment out of which is right or that they all have a different meaning, are just looking for something to argue about.
And as far as x-mas goes, it's just a shorter way to write it and isn't taking away any meaning.
Now, I think I'll have a glass of H2o, or maybe I should just have water.....my preference, I guess.!
2006-12-11 12:06:55 · answer #3 · answered by J T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was about the cross that Christ died in at first, or some catchy new way to spell Christmas shorter (like b-day) but who knows it probably came from an anti-christian.
2006-12-11 11:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the athiest version of taking Christ out of christmas and still saying merry xmas.
2006-12-11 11:50:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have been told that the X is used as a Greek symbol for Christ. I do not know how true that is but it is a possible explanation.
2006-12-11 11:51:17 · answer #6 · answered by diogenese_97 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time I write out the full word "Christmas". If I'm in a hurry or writing myself a note, I'll write "Xmas" as a shorthand version.
2006-12-11 12:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Erin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, xmas predates the secularization of Christmas.
See the Wiki article at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas
2006-12-11 11:53:58 · answer #8 · answered by annoying_the_neighbours 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do that because if your saying it in school or something they don't want to say Christ because that's part of a religion thing
2006-12-11 11:57:16 · answer #9 · answered by Sportsfan13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The x symbolizes the cross as in the one Jesus was crucified on, like xing is short for crossing.
2006-12-11 11:49:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋