Originally Posted By: Nick1994
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
I'm happy to see Christmas is making a comeback and starting to replace X-mas.
In the LA area, a homeowner was asked to take down his Christmas lights and display because it offended his Muslim neighbor. His response. He got his credit card and purchased a thousand dollars of additional lights. His other neighbors donated a manger scene and a big Santa Claus and they had a decorating party. To appease the cranky neighbor they put up 3 cardboard camels. The kids had a great time. Christmas, a time of good cheer and fellowship.
“Xmas is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas. It is sometimes pronounced eksmes, but Xmas, and variants such as Xtemass, originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation krismes. The "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word xpiotoc;, which in English is "[censored]".[1] The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass.[2]
There is a common belief that the word Xmas stems from a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas[3] by taking the "[censored]" out of "Christmas", but its use dates back to the 16th century.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas
I had a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati assault me when I was a kid for using Xmas on a homework assignment. Said I was trying to cross [censored] out of my life. Those nuns could whip a pointer out from under those robes faster than Hopalong Cassidy could draw his six shooter. Times long gone bye. Wouldn't want to do it all over again.