Anti-christians went around with paint and wherever they found a Merry Christmas sign they X'd out the Christ in the word...leaving Xmas. Taking the Christ out of Christmas...so using Xmas is only doing that too. My bad memory and lack of historical references make it impossible to know which attack on religion started this.
Somehow there ought to be a relative way to explain the X on Cheney this week too. chXy,cheXy, cXey...well that fits him when he smiles! LOL
Well that was easy to debunk:
3. What is the origin of the word "Xmas"?
Unbeknownst to many, the word "xmas" was not invented by carnal merchants trying to commercialize Christmas. The word is actually an old English one. The "x" in Christmas is the Greek letter chi, which is the first letter in the Greek word for "Christ." Thus, "xmas" is simply a shortened version of "Christmas."
Actually, no. Our "X" is identical to the Greek letter chi, the first letter of the Greek word Christos, or Christ. Xmas is actually an honorific abbreviation that recent Christians have misunderstood. (Not that I'm recommending its use; it's not as if "Christmas" is difficult to spell in its entirety.)