Many Christians take issue with the X in X-mas but what they probably don't realize is that the X is the Greek letter at the beginning of Χριστός meaning Christ. X is commonly understood as the abbreviation for Christ. Therefore X-mas and X-tian are perfectly valid and good abbreviations for Christmas and Christian. Now one might understand the worry that people might forget what X stands for, but we should remind rather than fight it as if it was a heretical doctrine. I am not sorry if I offend any one but the truth is that the X in X-mas is not a heretical doctrine and it is in fact a perfectly good abbreviation.
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Hey Daniel I think that is really neat I did not know that. I agree with the rest of the paragraph, Thanks,
Gunanr
sorry my name is Gunnar! not Gunanr lol merry christmas!
Daniel,
C.S.Lewis has an article about Xmas. I am not quite sure where it is, but I have read it. It was along those same lines, but there was more to it.
Good paragraph though!
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