why we write X in the place of christ in christmas?

Answer 1

cause its quicker. plus its less religious for those people who dont believe.

Answer 2

I do not write x
but I now many people do

I found this
Is the use of the abbreviated word "Xmas" instead of "Christmas, irreligious?

Some people think that if the word 'Christ' is removed from the word 'Christmas' and replaced with an 'X', that it is immoral and against God.

It turns out that using the abbreviation of Xmas for Christmas is actually not in any way irreligious, but is in fact a legitimate term. The word stems from the Greeks long ago as their letter 'chi' in Greek which is the first letter of Christ's name in the Greek alphabet is actually the same as our letter 'X'.

In fact the word 'Xmas' was originally an ecclesiastical abbreviation, introduced to the general public by the church.

During the 16th century, Europeans began using the first initial of Christ's name, "X" in place of the word Christ in Christmas. Early Christians understood that X stood for Christ's name, but their descendants who did not understand the Greek language mistakenly took the word "Xmas" to be a sign of disrespect.

Here's some more trivia for you.

* The tradition of gifts seems to have started with the gifts that the wise men brought to Jesus. Christmas presents were thereafter exchanged amongst kings and chieftains. The exchanging of gifts between all others started around the 1800's, especially on the European continent. In Iceland however, they have only embraced the idea for the past 100 years.

* In order to raise money to pay for a charity Christmas dinner in 1891, a large crabpot was set down on a San Francisco street to accept donations. This later became the first Salvation Army collection kettle.

* The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria In 1937.

* When Charles Dickens was writing "A Christmas Carol" he settled on Tiny Tim as the main character after considering three other alternatives. They were Little Larry, Small Sam and Puny Pete.

* Queen Elizabeth's Christmas message to the nation was televised for the first time on December 25, 1957. Tthe BBC aired the event every year for the ensuing 40 plus years.

* "Jingle Bells" was composed in 1857 by James Pierpont, and was originally called "One-Horse Open Sleigh."

* Child singer Jimmy Boyd was 12 years and 11 months old when he sang the Christmas favorite, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." The song hit the top of the charts.

* The biggest selling Christmas single of all time is Bing Crosby's White Christmas.
"White Christmas" (1954), starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, was also the first movie to be made in Vista Vision, a deep-focus process.


Saturday, December 31, 2005
Xmas
By Clint Fabiosa & Andrew Ong
I protect

We often thought that the “Xmas” abbreviation for Christmas was a sign of disrespect, and so did the early Christians who did not understand the Greek language. The “Xmas” abbreviation is of Greek origin. The word for Christ in Greek is “Xristos.”

During the 16th century, Europeans began using the first initial of Christ’s name “X” in place of the word “Christ” in Christmas as a shorthand form of the word.

Abbreviations can also be subjects of independent trademark registrations in addition to the full mark. And if Christmas would have been the service mark of Jesus Christ, “Xmas” would have been registered under His Name. Happy New Year everyone!

Answer 3

Christ! This again? X is the first letter in Greek for Christ. It's also used as an abbreviation for written communications. Nobody uses Xmas for Christmas to get in any Christian's face (except when a Christian with issues about it makes a big deal about it). It never had negative connotation until "Christians" made a fuss about it.
I hope you had a nice Christmas.

And note to Norman, you couldn't be more wrong.

Answer 4

I. personally, use it because I am not a Christian. The holiday we currently celebrate as "Christmas" was around centuries before the Christians. The Romans celebrated it as Saturnalia, a time of feasting, family gathering and exchanges of gifts of monies. The Mithrans were the first to co-opt the holiday to celebrate the virgin birth of the savior Mithra. The Celts celebrated Yule around the same time each year and, for them, it was also a time of feasting and family. Christians co-opted the holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus partly as a way to win over Mithran converts.

So, for me, Xmas makes more sense for a holiday that has been many things to many people but has always been a time to celebrate joy and family and hope for peace, prosperity and good will in the coming year.

Answer 5

Those are atheists who want to write Christ out of Christmas

Answer 6

I think it originates from the Greek versions of the Bible. The Greek character "chi" is the first character in "Christ" and looks like the letter "X" in the Roman alphabet used in English.

Answer 7

x (in roman it's pronounced "chi")is the first letter of the word Christ, in its roman spelling. it's an abbreviation, but yea, it does sound less religious, even though it still stands for Christ

Answer 8

An "X" shows two separate lines that are criss-crossed together. And as it so happens, the first syllable to the word "Christmas" is "criss." (Nobody actually says CHRIST-mas, they say Chriss-mas.) So that's why they take the "Chris" part away and instead put "X," because it represents the same sound.

Answer 9

cause not everyone believes in Christ but many still believe in good tidings and joy,and crap like that, Christmas is now more of a material holiday now anyway.

Answer 10

because a lot of gift tags are too short to fit "merry christmas"

Answer 11

Just an abbreviation