Christmas or Xmas ..

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Since it is unlikely that Jesus was born on 25th Dec.. it's only a celebration of his birth. This time of year round the winter solstice has been celebrated long before Jesus was born, and was most likely chosen to fit in with existing customs. So, it can be called by many names and Xmas is just an accepted abreviation of Christmas. In the same way, you'll see 'Crystal' being shortened to 'Xtal' in electronic circuits or 'transmit' to 'Xmit'.

I think it should be called "Yuletide".
 
Don't care what anyone says, Christmas to us is Christ's birthday! That is our belief and ALWAYS will be!! Seems as if someone is always trying to take Christ out of something.
 

Capt Lightning said:
Since it is unlikely that Jesus was born on 25th Dec.. it's only a celebration of his birth. This time of year round the winter solstice has been celebrated long before Jesus was born, and was most likely chosen to fit in with existing customs. So, it can be called by many names and Xmas is just an accepted abreviation of Christmas. In the same way, you'll see 'Crystal' being shortened to 'Xtal' in electronic circuits or 'transmit' to 'Xmit'.

I think it should be called "Yuletide".
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I agree too...as I said in the OP..pre-supposed Birthday!!
 
ClassicRockr said:
Don't care what anyone says, Christmas to us is Christ's birthday! That is our belief and ALWAYS will be!! Seems as if someone is always trying to take Christ out of something.
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Everyone is entitled to their own view CR..but if the supposed birth place of Christ don't mind it being called Xmas..( as you would have seen in the link)..then it shows that in the great scheme of things it matters not a great deal what it's called!
 
That's because a lot of people are practicing Christians, and like with many organized religions, it's my way or the highway, lol.
 
I don't mind Christmas, or Xmas; I heard an eclplanation of where Xmas came from; and apparently it is acceptable, and has been used for hundreds of years.
i must admit; I do not like happy holidays; but I suppose holiday has a different definition in UK.
 
SeaBreeze said:
That's because a lot of people are practicing Christians, and like with many organized religions, it's my way or the highway, lol.
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I really don't understand the persecution complex Christains have.. Especially here in the USA... For crying out loud every street corner in Americal looks like Santa's guts exploded.. There is no WAR on Christmas, no matter WHAT Fox news tells you. No one is stopping anyone from celebrating the season in the way they wish. Most are just asking to be allowed to do so also.

Anyway, the letter X does NOT take Christ out of Christmas..

It turns out, “Xmas” is not a non-religious version of “Christmas”. The “X” is actually indicating the Greek letter “Chi”, which is short for the Greek
greek-for-christ.png
, meaning “Christ”. So “Xmas” and “Christmas” are equivalent in every way except their lettering.In fact, although writing guides such as those issued by the New York Times; the BBC; The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style; and Oxford Press discourage the use of Xmas in formal writing, at one time, it was a very popular practice, particularly with religious scribes, who are thought to have started the whole “Xmas” thing in the first place. Indeed, the practice of using the symbol “X” in place of Christ’s name has been going on amongst religious scholars for at least 1000 years.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index...xmas-doesnt-take-the-christ-out-of-christmas/
 
QuickSilver said:
I really don't understand the persecution complex Christains have.. Especially here in the USA... For crying out loud every street corner in Americal looks like Santa's guts exploded.. There is no WAR on Christmas, no matter WHAT Fox news tells you. No one is stopping anyone from celebrating the season in the way they wish. Most are just asking to be allowed to do so also.

Anyway, the letter X does NOT take Christ out of Christmas..

It turns out, “Xmas” is not a non-religious version of “Christmas”. The “X” is actually indicating the Greek letter “Chi”, which is short for the Greek
greek-for-christ.png
, meaning “Christ”. So “Xmas” and “Christmas” are equivalent in every way except their lettering.In fact, although writing guides such as those issued by the New York Times; the BBC; The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style; and Oxford Press discourage the use of Xmas in formal writing, at one time, it was a very popular practice, particularly with religious scribes, who are thought to have started the whole “Xmas” thing in the first place. Indeed, the practice of using the symbol “X” in place of Christ’s name has been going on amongst religious scholars for at least 1000 years.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index...xmas-doesnt-take-the-christ-out-of-christmas/
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Gee, I thought everyone knew this.
 
I think people are far to critical and need to see the good in the world. It doesn't matter if you put Xmas in a letter, it is the thought that counts. Look at the way words are spelled in some text messages.
 
QuickSilver said:
I really don't understand the persecution complex Christains have.. Especially here in the USA... For crying out loud every street corner in Americal looks like Santa's guts exploded.. There is no WAR on Christmas, no matter WHAT Fox news tells you. No one is stopping anyone from celebrating the season in the way they wish. Most are just asking to be allowed to do so also.

Anyway, the letter X does NOT take Christ out of Christmas..

It turns out, “Xmas” is not a non-religious version of “Christmas”. The “X” is actually indicating the Greek letter “Chi”, which is short for the Greek
greek-for-christ.png
, meaning “Christ”. So “Xmas” and “Christmas” are equivalent in every way except their lettering.In fact, although writing guides such as those issued by the New York Times; the BBC; The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style; and Oxford Press discourage the use of Xmas in formal writing, at one time, it was a very popular practice, particularly with religious scribes, who are thought to have started the whole “Xmas” thing in the first place. Indeed, the practice of using the symbol “X” in place of Christ’s name has been going on amongst religious scholars for at least 1000 years.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index...xmas-doesnt-take-the-christ-out-of-christmas/
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Snap. I was about to post the same reference to the Greek letter chi. The Greek letters chi and rho, the first two letters in the Greek word for Christ, Christos, are commonly used in catholic churches to represent Jesus.

Chi-Rho decoration

It goes way back, nearly as far as the fish symbol. This secret code used by Christians under persecution to reveal themselves takes the Greek word for fish which uses each letter as a neumonic for a religious statement. Thus the outline of a fish came to be a badge of Christianity.


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The fish symbol explained.

This image has recently, as in my lifetime, become popular with evangelical Christians.

It is lack of knowledge that leads to vociferous protests about Xmas. Personally I object to the commercialisation of the Advent season. I say Advent because we have still not arrived at Christmas. The latest affront I saw was a bill board that announced that "'Tis the season to receive". Why can you never find a spray can when you need one? :aargh:
 
Regardless of the fact that many non-religious people celebrate Christmas; the thing is , that CHRISTmas IS actually a CHRISTian celebration day.
If other people want to join in the celebration of our Savior, we are happy to have others celebrate HIS birth, too. No matter whether this is the acutal day or not, it is the day that is designated for Christians to celebrate this event.

It is one thing to have a different opinion about being a Christian, or celebrating the Christian holiday of Christmas; but it is entirely another thing to ridicule any person on this forum (or anywhere else) because we want to keep the CHRIST in CHRISTmas.
 
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