2006-12-21 15:03:56 · 37 answers · asked by ♥MiSSz' HyPN0TiQ♥ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
We have Christmas because of the birth of The Christ Child.... it is wrong to take Christ out and call it X-mas. Its a Mass to honor Christ. BTW does any one realize that Happy Holidays originated as Happy Holy-Days.
However, I think that people should be able to say celebrate in their own way and if X-mas is it then so be it, that is their choice....
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
2006-12-21 15:23:43 · answer #1 · answered by American Girl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
x-mas isn't meant to be disrespectful at all. The wikipedia article on x-mas states that the x in x-mas is simply an abreviation of the word christ. we use x because it is from the original greek (x being transliterated as chi [ch pronounced like a hard k and long i as in child]..... the word christ has been abreviated for over a thousand years even before the word christmas existed.
some people say the x is symbolic of a cross, but this is wrong too..
look at the article below and it clears up any misconceptions....
2006-12-21 15:17:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The word is CHRIST-mas, not X-mas. What I always think about when I see Xmas is remembering hearing someone saying they were crossing Christ out of Christmas. Being a Christian, I found this distressful. And in the stores now, of course, everything is "holiday"...every time I hear "happy holidays" I smile and respond, "Thank you. Merry Christmas to you, too" It makes the point without being rude or insulting. If you have to make a rude issue out if it, you negate the whole reason for saying it in the first place.
2006-12-21 15:21:51 · answer #3 · answered by nana 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well there is the "Merry Christmas" "Happy Holidays" argument...but this is a whole different one...
When you say Merry X-mas you are referring to Christmas. SOme people see this a removing Christ's name which is a sign of disrespect. I know my grandma would always yell at us for saying X-mas. I never use X-mas anymore, i just say Christmas. I think that as i got older i understood why and i would rather include Christ's name than not.
2006-12-21 15:07:28 · answer #4 · answered by stephasoris 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes. THe x is suposed to be a fallen +. The cross fallen
It's like vandalism, the kicked over grave.
Christmas is actually a combination of two words
Christ and mass (catholic word for a service or meeting)
Jesus' birthday has been proven to be in September if you listen to the actual story, and calcualted as 29 September year 6. The catholics were out in calculating year zero.
Jesus was three when the Magi arrived with their small personal army and scared the **** out of herod. That is why Herod had all the children three and under killed and Jesus and his family had to flee to Eqypt.
2006-12-21 15:24:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well it's sad that they have taken Jesus completely out of it anyway but then to take the Christ part of it and replace it with an X is really something. The world has gotten away from the true meaning of Christmas and now it is about gifts, gifts, gifts. They don't even remember Christ. They replaced him with Santa Claus and Rudolph, now where in the bible do you see them? The devil has twisted everything good to make it bad and very deceiving. What's disrespectful is replacing Jesus with all this other foolishness. The gift we all should give him is to live our lives for him because he gave us the gift of salvation. But most do not want him or his salvation but they celebrate his birthday, so they think.
2006-12-21 15:17:13 · answer #6 · answered by Denise W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that since everyone says Happy Holidays - in an attempt acknowledge all religious holidays during this time of year - we should replace X-mas with the phrase Happy Holidays.
I do not think that X-mas is disrepectful at all.
2006-12-21 15:09:44 · answer #7 · answered by moonguardianluna 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i would rather say Christmas but no x-mas is not disrespect full if you know where it comes from. it's Greek orthodox very old the x represents the cross Jesus was nailed to. this was the accepted way to say it before they started saying Christmas
2006-12-21 16:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by turnaround 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not even sure what the"X" in X-mas stands for. But i do say CHRISTmas. Christmas came about when Christ was born. Notice the 6 lettersdo spell out Christ
2006-12-21 15:07:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because I am a Christian, I don't like how some people put X-mas. It should stay Christmas because of Christ. Jesus Christ being born and the three wisemen giving him gifts is what the root of this holiday is about. A time for giving gifts. So because I am religious and that this holiday is for Christ, I would rather say Christmas. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
2006-12-21 15:07:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋