which way do u prefer to say it, or do u have a preference? do you believe what my dad taught me 2?

Question

X-Mas, or Christmas?

my dad taught me that putting the "x" there was a form of excluding Christ because of the "x" (crossing Him out). thats why i am being raised 2 the preference of "Christmas" instead of "X-Mas". that way it doesnt look like we're excluding Him on His b.day. (some ppl, i think the Jehovah's Witnesses, including my dad, dont believe that "Christmas" is the actual time of Christ's birth. they believe it was sometime in november-dont ask me why) have you ever heard of that idea? (what my dad taught me 2 believe?)

& now that ive pointed that out to u, then if you never thought of that before, then do you agree w/ him? or have you always said it both ways & always will?

BTW, this doesnt neccesarily include atheists. i dont expect them to believe this or go w/ the idea. i mean, if they dont believe in Him, then im sure they dont care iether way-or maybe they PREFER the "x".

1 time he even insisted that it was pronounced "Christ-mas", not "Chris-mas". but he never stuck w/ it, he kept on saying it the same way as everybody else. (not sure if hes actually right on his idea of pronouncing or not)

WOW, i got some answers like fast!!! (i better shut up, all my details are startin 2 get loong, & ino ppls eyes tend 2 get lazy)

ish, ive heard of the winter solstice before but didnt know what it was exactly. ....so its just another name 4 Christmas...

Answer 1

Christmas. I agree with your dad.

Answer 2

actually your dad is incorrect in believing that the X takes Christ out of Christmas, as the symbol of the X is Christ. JW believe differently than most other religions, and they tend to think of the Christmas season more based on the pagan winter solstice. All that is written about His birth is that it was tax season in the Holy Land, which from what could be determined was toward the end of the year. As for your question, use the word as you believe, if your dad likes it or not, you are an individual and have the right to your own beliefs.

Answer 3

Most scholars, I have heard, think Christ was born in the fall. I have heard the date of September 4, 4 B.C. I have heard that the celebration of Christmas was put in December so that Christians would have something of their own to celebrate during the pagan winter festival. They wanted it to be something that be very important, something that Christians wanted the world to know. So Christmas is the church's announcement to the world of the birth of our Lord, the message of the incarnation, when God became man, when God sent his son, born of a virgin, to reveal God to us and to die for our sins. Things like Christmas programs that tell the story and Christmas carols, these things all proclaim the gospel to the world. The giving of gifts also calls attention to the birthday of the King of Kings. Some folks prefer to call it Christmas because this most clearly identifies the holiday as the mass of Christ's birth. But some tell us that the X in Xmas represents the cross on which Christ died.

Of course, over the centuries things have changed and most of us have little contact with the pagan world. Most of us just so enjoy the Christmas message and spirit that we want to always celebrate it and winter is the traditional time for that. If others don't want to celebrate it on that day, that does not mean that they don't believe and celebrate it in another way. But I enjoy having this special time set apart for the celebration of Christ's birth, with all the joyous music that goes with it.

Answer 4

I've heard that said before. I personally don't know if that is why it's called X-Mas but I know that at one point, and still with some, it is called Winter Solstice

It is the Pagan name for it. Originally "Christmas" was a pagan holiday, which was changed to the name Christmas to bring a mixing of Pagan and Christian belief.

Answer 5

Actually, the original symbol of Christ was a P with an X over top of it. leaving the P out is leaving Christ out. I personally doubt that he was born on December 25 either, but that is when the celebration is. By the way, always going with what parents say isn't always in your best interest. Make your faith your own, then you'll go places. :)

Answer 6

Christmas is what i usally say but x-mas was merely a way to shorten the word x on it side looks like a cross so it works.

and actually my father raised me to believe that christ was born actually near the time of easter because of the time and area . everyone had to migrate to their home town and even in the desert winter is cold. it makes more since that they waited till a warmer time to migrate and that only makes sense as to the fact that everyone left at the same time.

Answer 7

I use both because gift tags for presents don't allow you to write the whole word on them, being so small. You are right to say "criss-mas" because it's the modern way to say it, - I've heard Old English being spoken, and you can't understand it! There's a lot of discussion about when Christ was born but we don't have records to prove it.

Answer 8

Ditto number one.
As far as I know, it is unknown when Christ was born (they are not even certain as to the year; most felt that he was actually born about 4 B.C.!)
So, keep CHRISTMAS in your life; November is quite likely when he was born.

Answer 9

I agree with you, i prefer Christmas out of respect of what it is really all about.

And im sure December 25th isnt close to being Jesus' Birthday, but who knows?

Answer 10

well i dont care but i like calling it christmas but thats jus me and stuff but yea i heard that some people dont believe that this is when christ was born