Only one week left till Xmas!! Now before everyone jumps on me for removing Christ from Christmas let me explain about Xmas. In Greek the first letter of Christ is X(chi). It has been used in past centuries as a shorter way of writing Christ in words such as Xian (Christian), Xianity (Christianity) and Xmas(Christmas). Also like other abbreviations it is correctly pronounced as if it were written out in full, Christmas not exmas. So next time you hear someone go off about how Xmas is taking the Christ out of Christmas, politely correct them on the proper usage and pronunciation of Xmas.
Here are the websites i used as reference for this post. I really sugest you read through the first one. It includes some stuff i chose to leave out of this post. Such as some reasons people used Xmas instead of Christmas and other interesting stuff.
The Origin of "Xmas"
http://www.answers.com/topic/xmas
We would love to hear what your doing for Christmas this year!! Leave us a comment on your holiday plans or if you have anything to say about this post. Or you can send us an email at Faithblog.ej@gmail.com
Have a very merry Xmas!!!
~Tickledpink1994~
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