I know thats kinda a stupid question but ive never known and i wanna know!
2006-12-16 05:14:29 · 10 answers · asked by Kaity A 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Honestly? People say it is to shorten it...as if a two syllable word is too long to say.
Really, it is to take Christ out of Christmas. Look at it... what letters are taken out, and replaced with an "X"? "Christ."
How can you take Christ's name out of the holiday that celebrates his birth? It'd be like going to your sister Michelle's birthday party, and telling your friend, "Yeah, I'm going to X's birthday party today." You are just marking out your sister's name on HER day.
Christmas is not just a day to visit family and give/receive gifts. It is a day to celebrate the greatest gift ever given... God sending his Son to us.
Please, don't write "X-mas." Keep Christ in Christmas. After all, He is the reason for the season.
2006-12-16 05:21:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kim S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many people write it Xmas becuz it's shorter. I do this on notes and and such but never in a Christmas card. I've never actually heard a person 'say' X-mas, only seen it written this way. My Catholic church last year was selling Christmas trees and in the bulletin and on the sign was written "X-mas trees". Many parishioners complained and this year it's Christmas trees. Christmas is truly about Christ's birth. That's where's its origins are from. But the secular world with all the non-Christian people still want to celebrate gifts with family and say they are celebrating Christmas but really aren't. They just gather with family to eat and give gifts. And that in itself isn't even a holiday becuz the word holiday came from Holy Day in the 2nd century. So I have no idea what non-Christians are celebrating.
But the origin of "Xmas" is from the Greek alphabet. the Greek letter 'X' is 'chi', the first letter for Christ in Greek. So 'technical' the letter 'X' in Xmas really means CHrIstmas. So when I write Xmas I say CHRISTmas and means Christmas. But when someone doesn't know this nor thinks about it, they are being secular and taking Christ out of Christmas (a sin).
2006-12-16 13:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The X stands for Christ. Because x-mas = Christmas.
2006-12-16 15:20:04 · answer #3 · answered by Jessicer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The X is just a sign for Christ, like a criss coss. So X mas = Christmas
2006-12-16 13:17:55 · answer #4 · answered by SteveT 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They have left the true meaning out CHRIST which I feel is taking away from what Christmas is
2006-12-16 13:21:15 · answer #5 · answered by grbarnaba 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too lazy to write out Christmas.
2006-12-16 13:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by Local Celebrity 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The X is supposed to stand for Christ
2006-12-16 13:17:01 · answer #7 · answered by J♥R♥R 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
just an abbreviation X means Christ
2006-12-16 13:16:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
in old latin X was the symbol for Christ
2006-12-16 13:16:45 · answer #9 · answered by molly 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
cuz its like a cross x and so its crossmas
2006-12-16 13:16:48 · answer #10 · answered by emily woods 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋