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squintz
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:13 pm 
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why can merry christmas be rephrased as "merry xmas?"


where did this xmas come from?

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It came from people who celebrate the holiday, but dont want it to be offensive to non-christian religions, thus they refer to it as X-Mas, leaving out the "Christ" half of the holiday name...kinda stupid if you ask me, I hate Politically Correct crap.

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That's actually not true.

It's just an abbreiviation
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In hebrew er something the name "jesus" looks like the letter X.

so X=Christ

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I was trying to sound smart :(

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Different opions on the origins.

http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/Dec99/2041.html

http://plateaupress.com.au/wfw/xmas.htm

http://siccness.net/vb/archive/index.php/t-125297

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No, in Hebrew there's a symbol that refers to "Christ" and it looks like an x which is why they use xmas.
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i always thought it was, X looks like a Cross, Christ died on a Cross, therefore X can substitute Christ in the word Christmas.

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Xiona wrote:
i always thought it was, X looks like a Cross, Christ died on a Cross, therefore X can substitute Christ in the word Christmas.


wouldn't they make it Merry t-mas then?
t - looks more like the cross

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i dont think it has anything to do with the cross. christmas is the birth and not the death.

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