[HiTech RedNeck]

The term Xmas has hallowed scholarly origins, far before modern capitalism as we know it turned the holiday season into a worldly extravaganza. X looks like the Greek chi which begins the word having the modern English transliteration “Christos” that means messiah or anointed one.

And I say shoot yeah! It’s Messiahmas! If there was any valid reason to celebrate like mad this is it, just remember what the celebration is about. We don’t ever want to fail to let God into His birthday party.

[HiTech RedNeck]

And as for the -mas part; true enough that comes from what Roman Catholics (and the Orthodox before them) called masses. This comes from the Latin mittere meaning to send. And God sent His only-begotten Son into the world. So again, getting at the roots beyond man's conventions, it is Christ-mas, or X-mas, or Messiahmas. The sending of the Messiah, which was, as we knuckle dragging fundies like to point out, done once for all.

[tflabo]

Thanks Red about the informative, historical aspects of the X. Perhaps our modern minds record the symbol X as a rejection or incorrect symbol. I’m with you—rather just spell it out and honor His name here on earth so there are no doubts as to the intent of spelling. Merry Christmas you Red Necker smarty pants, eheheheheh.