I can clearly in my mind see the original claim I made. Sorry I can not place it in a certain part of my religious upbringing in the Episcopal, High Church experience...I feel it was a film and was dark and maybe a European village event. I wonder if it was way earlier in history. Christians have been under attack many times. I can picture the messy paint spilling slashes over the words.
No doubt that it has been portrayed that way. However it's amusing that using the X instead of Christ probably saved quite a few early Christians and in alot of ways is a honourable way to refer to the Christmas season.
Of course with the commercial aspects of the season, as it stands today, all meaning is lost.
Sad sad state of affairs.
But on the bright side many atheists probably have no idea that when replacing Christ with X they are actually accomplishing nothing. LOL