How come Christmas is also named X-mas?... was that just someones way of shortening it, or is there some background to it?.....
2007-12-24 05:05:12 · 4 answers · asked by soras_keyblade_031 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
X looks a lot like the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek spelling of Christ. Chi was used as an abbreviation of "Christ."
2007-12-24 05:15:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The letter that looks like X to us is also the capital letter 'chi' in the Greek alphabet. That's the first letter of 'Christ' (or Christos in Greek).
2007-12-24 05:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by Kukana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X = one letter . Christ = six letters . Laziness has a lot to do with it .
2007-12-24 05:14:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess it is someones way of shortening it
2007-12-24 05:14:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋