2006-12-20 15:26:49 · 6 answers · asked by eng trevor 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Christ Mass (the late night Mass on the Christmas eve).
2006-12-20 15:30:08 · answer #1 · answered by Ottawan-Canada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not totally sure but I guess it is to some how pull Christ into the holiday. In case you don't know Christ was born sometime in the spring and "Christmas" was really a pagan holiday that Christianity adopted to try and reign in a few pagans. Now it isn't really anything to anyone that really knows anything about Bible history. It is an excuse to be greedy and get gifts...
2006-12-20 23:46:57 · answer #2 · answered by Jessi B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here ya go:
ORIGIN OF THE WORD
The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe, in 1131. In Dutch it is Kerst-misse, in Latin Dies Natalis, whence comes the French Noël, and Italian Il natale; in German Weihnachtsfest, from the preceeding sacred vigil. The term Yule is of disputed origin. It is unconnected with any word meaning "wheel". The name in Anglo-Saxon was geol, feast: geola, the name of a month (cf. Icelandic iol a feast in December).
2006-12-20 23:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by msfyrebyrd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ mass
Celebrating the birth of Jesus through Mass.
2006-12-20 23:31:13 · answer #4 · answered by chieko 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ Mass.
2006-12-21 12:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
chri$tma$ stands for - making big corporations bigger!!
2006-12-20 23:31:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋