[LydiaLong]

Then we’ll have to stop calling it CHRISTmas

[cloudmountain]

Then we’ll have to stop calling it CHRISTmas

1. Don't you remember the BIG push to call it "XMAS"?
I do. It didn't last too long.

2. Also the "mas" at the end refers to the Catholic MASS...the Mass of Christ. Well, that's what I learned. What else would it mean?

[KarlInOhio]

Christmas? Is that anything like "Holidays"?

"For choral groups, the Mall prefers no clearly recognizable Christian music, such as carols sung in English, spirituals or gospel."

So you can sneak in a "Stille Nacht" or a "Feliz Navidad" just so long as it's not in English? Might we even be so brave as to sing Adeste Fideles just so long as no one screws up and sings an English verse?