Who Invented "X"mas?

[rpellegrini]

Who invented "X"mas? Why not C'mas, instead? My guess is that it was some twisted lefty from the heyday of communism in America. Someone who thought it important to X out Christ, not simply abbreviate.

[Verginius Rufus]

That should be Chi-Rho-Iota-Sigma-Tau-Omicron-Sigma for Christos (accented on the final syllable in Greek, with both vowels short).

[Conspiracy Guy]

I knew someone had the details!

[dmz]

It was a recognition of irony.

Noted that you avoided the substantive part (IMHO) of my post.

[Young Werther]

Pardon!! That's Papa Alpha Romeo Delta Orange Neon! (or something like that!)

[Libertarian444]

[Caesar Soze]

According to Turanga Leela, "Christmas" is an archaic pronunciation of "Xmas" (pronounced ECKS-mass), the holiday on which Santa Claus unleashes his wrath.

[TXBubba]

I don't call myself, say, "TX"

I resemble that remark. But TX is a little bit of heaven.

[lepton]

x is the letter "Chi" in Greek.

[Shqipo]

If you believe that the X stands for Christ in Greek, and that's the motivation,impression, and majority viewed interpretation of it, then you're too far gone for any help on this matter. It has come to a point that people are either too lazy to write CHRIST and elect an X, or they intentionally use the X to take the CHRIST out of Christmas.
As for hating, I just hate everything Greek. Don't you have a concept of the origin of SHQIPO is?

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

From the Greek letter "chi" which is "X' shaped, both for the sound and because the "X" reminded people of the Cross.

You are correct. In addition, Christ, spelled out in Greek, may also start with the letter chi. To see a capital chi, go into Word, type a capital C, highlight it, and change the font to Symbol.

[RightWhale]

English only? X is the secret sign for Christ, has been since the beginning.

[DennisR]

In Greek, the name for Christ begins with the letter X.

[Charles Henrickson]

[tiamat]

Your Word trick is very cool, but alas, I use a Mac and do not own word.

Somebody ELSE might like that, though.

Thanks.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Umm...X is an ancient greek symbol for Christ, as ten people will have probably told you by the time I finish typing this.

You definitely get the nickel today!

[RightWhale]

XP

Double Christian. P is the Greek form of the letter R, so you have Windows CHRist, the Christian version of Windows. Who knew there was a Christian at MSFT? A lot of them, actually.

[Doctor Stochastic]

It's for Chi. If X stood for the cross, you would be honoring St. Anthony.

[BibChr]

Well, I guess what is substantive to you isn't necessarily so to me. Nor of great interest. You want to talk about one thing, I want to talk about another. Whatever.

Dan

[Jimmyclyde]

It can be if you want it to be.

On the other hand, any day you want to choose to celebrate the birth of our savior is a good day to do so. Pray to God in thanks for the gift of our salvation, and celebrate. Glorify Christ and make a joyful noise.

If you do it on the same day as other belivers, so much the better. The date isn't important, what is in your heart and your purpose is important.

And yes, the son of God was probably not born on December 25th, but so what?

"Santa Claus" day is a pagan holiday, so don't celebrate it if you don't want.

Thank you for your kinds word.

I agree will them completely.