Why "XMAS" for Christmas?

[Al Neri]

?

 

[Kalvin00]

:Q

 

[deadlyapp]

Because christ got x'd?

 

[HombrePequeno]

Christ was put on a cross apparently.

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
Christ was put on a cross apparently.

edit: on Good Friday

 

[Leper Messiah]

x-mas= crossmas? Jesus is normally represented by the cross?

 

[MrDudeMan]

i think a lot of people use it because they are too lazy to type out the whole word

 

[alien42]

i believe in X but not christ

 

[spherrod]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: spherrod
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

"It seems Christmas has been abbreviated for at least the past 1,000 years. Before Xmas, there was XPmas"

omg... more proof that Bill Gates is god :Q

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: spherrod
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

"It seems Christmas has been abbreviated for at least the past 1,000 years. Before Xmas, there was XPmas"

omg... more proof that Bill Gates is god :Q

haha

 

[HombrePequeno]

Originally posted by: spherrod
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

Well I'll be damned.

Also, his name wasn't Jesus, it was Yeshua ben Yusef.

 

[whistleclient]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th
i think a lot of people use it because they are too lazy to type out the whole word

The Greek word for Christ is Xristos. That's where the X in Xmas comes from. There's a Christian website called www.xristos.com. Here's what it says:

Xristos is a transliteration of the New Testament Greek word for Christ "criston." The Greek letter Chi 'c' was retained to insure a connection to the roots and original texts, as well as visually represent the centrality of the cross in all. The visual symbol Chi-ro is also employed at various places by Xristos, recalling one of the earliest practices of the Christian community.

So referring to Christmas as Xmas is no sign of disrespect, as many people believe

 

[TallBill]

Because nobody cares about the christ part anymore. They just want X.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th
i think a lot of people use it because they are too lazy to type out the whole word

yep same reason people write lacrosse as Lax

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: tangent1138

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th
i think a lot of people use it because they are too lazy to type out the whole word

The Greek word for Christ is Xristos. That's where the X in Xmas comes from. There's a Christian website called www.xristos.com. Here's what it says:

Xristos is a transliteration of the New Testament Greek word for Christ "criston." The Greek letter Chi 'c' was retained to insure a connection to the roots and original texts, as well as visually represent the centrality of the cross in all. The visual symbol Chi-ro is also employed at various places by Xristos, recalling one of the earliest practices of the Christian community.

So referring to Christmas as Xmas is no sign of disrespect, as many people believe

and this is the only person in the thread to answer the question correctly

 

[her209]

Its like when people but "pl*co" instead of "pleco".

 

[compnovice]

As long as it is not XXXmas........