does it offend people to put x-mas on a card insted of christmas?
2006-12-24 10:18:16 · 22 answers · asked by kitty_kitty_madi27 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Yes! They are taking Christ out if our holiday!!
2006-12-24 10:20:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
X-mas doest offend me. But if you were like a so religious person they might be offended because the word ''Crist'' isnt there. For me X-mas would be a shorter way to write it. But if you arent sure, I would put Christmas instead. And Merry Christmas!!^_^
2006-12-24 18:29:09 · answer #2 · answered by VA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're taking the time to make or write in a card, just take the extra 2 seconds to write Christmas out; the word X-mas is just lazy.
2006-12-24 18:21:35 · answer #3 · answered by Flea© 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not me. I just confuse it with X-Box at times.
I always looked at X-Mas as a quicker way of writing Christmas, not as an insult or trying to take the Christ out of it.
2006-12-24 18:20:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the first two letter of Christ in Greek are chi rho. The easiest way to put that on here is XP - hence the "merry X mas"
2006-12-24 18:23:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all.
The only people who would be offended are those with a woeful ignorance of the history of Christianity--and likely they'd find something to complain about no matter what.
Merry Xmas!
2006-12-25 08:21:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be a bit miffed at the practice...'til these new-fangled Internets came along.
The Greek word for Christ is Christos. The Greek capital letter Chi looks like "X." As you know, we use the "X" for all sorts of nifty abbreviations, my favorite of which is KISSES (and Os for hugs)! It's actually a valid abbreviation for "Christ."
Orthodox Christian Greeks used the Chi (X) as an abbreviation to conceal their religious identity after the fall of Constantinople to avoid persecution in new surroundings, such as Catholic Italy, or death at the hands of Turks.
I'm paraphrasing fiercely, here. Please visit the source sites, especially the one about Christopher Columbus--who used the "Chi" to sign his own name!
So, um, Merry Chi-mas! Xs and Os!
2006-12-24 18:49:34 · answer #7 · answered by J2 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe very relligous people. Use Christmas.
2006-12-24 18:20:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does bother some people. I don't really like when people use x-mas...but I am not going to get bent out of shape about it...I just don't use it...
2006-12-24 18:23:14 · answer #9 · answered by behr28 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that does bother me. It is leaving out Christ, and he is the reason for sending a card to begin with.
2006-12-24 18:25:45 · answer #10 · answered by Sweetharttt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The x is taken form the Chi-Rho (Greek)which means Jesus Christ the symbol for this is and x over a p x , x meaning Christ and p meaning Jesus .so its ok to use x mass
2006-12-24 18:31:02 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋