2006-12-20 11:48:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
It's how Christ would of wrote his name.
2006-12-20 11:55:49 · answer #1 · answered by A-Town Soulja 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the word Christmas, there is the words Christ and mas. Christ refers to Jesus Christ probably and the religion Jesus is in, which uses a cross like the ones on a church and an "X" is also known as a cross.
2006-12-20 19:53:11 · answer #2 · answered by The Brain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas
It is false that the "X" stands for the cross that Christ was supposedly crucified on.
The breakdown goes like this:
The -mas ending comes from the Anglo-Saxon for "festival".
The "x" could be because of the abbreviation of Christ as "XP" or "Xt". In this case the X is for the Greek letter "chi".
2006-12-20 19:51:12 · answer #3 · answered by T S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
X is the Greek letter "Chi." X was used by early Christians, and even later, as a sort of shorthand. The word "Christ" was often abbreviated as XP or Xt, hence "Christ"-mas became "X-mas."
2006-12-20 19:51:08 · answer #4 · answered by Digital Haruspex 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"X" is a shortened form of "Christ." Chi Rho: A monogram composed of two Greek letters so named, resembling the Roman X and P; but in reality CH and R. They are an abbreviation of the Greek word Christos (Christ).
2006-12-20 19:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People are just trying to take Christ out of Christmas
2006-12-20 19:55:17 · answer #6 · answered by neocarleen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked that question the other day and somebody told me that x was like a cross (cause jesus died on a cross) and in some foreign language (i forgot which one they said) that "mas" meant birthday.
2006-12-20 19:51:41 · answer #7 · answered by filthyrich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's for the idiots that can't spell CHRISTMAS and for the rest that are too lazy to write it out full length.
2006-12-20 19:56:37 · answer #8 · answered by colinhughes333 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chris...
Id say its just a way of prouncing it.
Try Wikipedia.org.
I think that is an interesting question, btw.
2006-12-20 19:52:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People use "X" to take Christ out of christmas.... Personally, I think it's disrepectful
2006-12-20 19:55:56 · answer #10 · answered by naenae4570 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋