Christmas wont fit so I have to abrivate it.
2006-12-19 16:25:40 · 11 answers · asked by Danielle 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Mary is a name (mine!), Marry is what you do to your life partner, and Merry means happy as in Merry Christmas!
And since Christmas has one S, why would X-mas have two?
Merry X-mas!
2006-12-19 16:28:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Merry X-Mas
2006-12-19 16:28:12 · answer #2 · answered by Cream 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I agree with someone above. If you really can't fit Merry Christmas, then write Happy Noel. I find it offensive when people address things to me with "X-mas." For me, there is no X. And if someone doesn't know that about me, they must not know me very well...
LuciaLaLa: What matters is how the term is widely perceived, not how it was defined by an obscure and dead language. When you send a message, the only thing that matters is how it's received. To pretend that one doesn't know how this is perceived (except by pretentious "party trivia" junkies), is ridiculous and very literally unbelievable.
2006-12-19 16:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by Holly 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Merry X-Mas
2006-12-19 16:28:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
People who cry and fuss about abbreviating Christmas show their ignorance. Here's what the American Heritage Dictionary has to say about X-Mas. Settle down, Christians (Xtians). Settle down.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Xmas
SYLLABICATION:X·mas
PRONUNCIATION: krsms, ksms
NOUN:Christmas.
ETYMOLOGY:From X, the Greek letter chi, first letter of Greek Khrstos, Christ. See Christ.
USAGE NOTE:Xmas has been used for hundreds of years in religious writing, where the X represents a Greek chi, the first letter of , “Christ.” In this use it is parallel to other forms like Xtian, “Christian.” But people unaware of the Greek origin of this X often mistakenly interpret Xmas as an informal shortening pronounced (ksms). Many therefore frown upon the term Xmas because it seems to them a commercial convenience that omits Christ from Christmas.
2006-12-19 16:38:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Merry X-Mas is the most accurate spelling/abbreviation of Merry Christmas.
2006-12-19 16:28:12 · answer #6 · answered by minfue 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I choose none of the above!
I still believe in saying Merry CHRISTmas!
2006-12-19 16:40:49 · answer #7 · answered by zoril 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NONE of them!
Mass without christ is just a nother false pretentious gathering. Merry is the first clue to happiness
2006-12-19 16:29:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
merry Christmas make it fit
2006-12-19 16:28:06 · answer #9 · answered by TEIRRA 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If you take Christ out of Christmas just what are you celebrating? None of the above would be apropriate. Write smaller if needed but leave Christ in Christmas.
2006-12-19 16:32:33 · answer #10 · answered by Country girl 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋