Christmas
 

im not like some of the religious freaks who post on here but I must say....if you are going to discuss Christmas then you should type 'christmas' not 'xmas'

I agree completely

I agree. Don't take Christ out of "Christ"mas.

And capitalize Christmas.

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Freaks?

start your own thread....this is about using x in Christmas.

Merry Christmas...everyone. :wave:

red tail would have had a very nice post if he'd omitted the "religious freaks" comment and had capitalized Christmas!

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And a Boy Howdy.


You coulda gone all day and not said that. As Aunt Jane would have clearly pointed out to you, if she knew you.

Completely agree. I just saw another post "Merry Xmas and Happy Holiday to all." It makes me cringe.

One of the posts that says that is from someone who truly does have THE Christmas spirit. I think it is just a question of semantics. OR whatever.


We don't need to see harm where none is intended. There is ENOUGH for real bad stuff in the world and on this forum.

I didn't intend any harm….honestly. I didn't reply in that post for that exact reason. Maybe I should have just said "When I see Xmas when referring to Christmas it makes me cringe."

Truly I didn't mean to offend. I've been "attacked" on this site before (see "death row visit", though most of the most hateful posts were taken down) and I certainly didn't like it so would never want to do the same to someone else.

you have to have thick skin on here. I don't think I have ever posted without a few attacks! I never use caps when I use the internet and even that brought an attack! anyway im done for a while.

merry Christmas all and may there be peace on earth some day.

Merry Christmas..to anyone who wants it..peace.

The use of Xmas is not new and I don't believe it's meant as a slight or to be disrespectful. Having said that, I do prefer writing out " Christmas"
Xmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I prefer to write out Christmas but I have never taken offense with Xmas. I just figure some are too lazy to write Christmas.

I can accept either.

And a Merry Christmas or Merry Xmas to all of you.

Z

Those folks writing Xmas, are probably the same who fail to use their turn signals. It takes a little more effort. Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.

This was very enlightening. In just the intro I learned something new.

:thumbup:

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everyone!

Heck, I'd be happy if there was peace on TOTV.:shrug::wave:

When I grew up as a child in church, I was taught the X meant Christ and is the Greek letter representing representing Christ.
I quote :

Myth: “Xmas” is a non-religious name / spelling for “Christmas”.
It turns out, “Xmas” is not a non-religious version of “Christmas”. The “X” is actually indicating the Greek letter “Chi”, which is short for the Greek

, meaning “Christ”. So “Xmas” and “Christmas” are equivalent in every way except their lettering.

Thanks again TOTV people for entertaining me. Sometimes you just have to laugh at people .. and Merry Christmas to all !!!

Merry Christrmas BobnBev. But your eyeball is freaking me out, it keeps looking over my shoulder. :eek:

Is this an example of something being ironic? "Religious freaks" is okay but "xmas" is not?

Shakespeare said, "A rose is a rose by any other name."

Merry Christmas to everyone!

:agree:

A nice gift for Christmas would be a head to go with that eyeball.

Whenever I use Xmas, I do so thinking the X was the cross Jesus died on. No disrespect.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and
happy New Year!

What Christmas means to me...
 

For unto us a Child is born
Unto us a Son is given
And the government shall be upon His shoulder
And His name shall be called
Wonderful
Counselor
The Mighty God
The Everlasting Father
The Prince of Peace

"For Unto Us A Child Is Born" is based on Isaiah 9:6. Lyrics from "The Messiah" by George Frideric Handel

Merry Christmas to everyone on TOTV!

Phil Robertson probably has an opinion on this subject.................

Most likely.

That is just darn funny!:laugh::laugh:

Nicely put...

fwpc3 pointed in the right direction by offering the link to Wikipedia regarding the use of X in Christmas.

I guess I might be classified by the OP as a "religious freak" but so far I think I've restrained myself pretty well.

My BA degree from Stetson University (back when it was affiliated with the Southern Baptist Church) was in Liberal Arts, heavy in religious and history subjects, including even a semester of the Greek language. I abandoned it after one semester because I was taking German at the same time and during every Greek test the answers came to me in German. But, I digress.............

If you were to examine the handwritten notes that I made during lectures in religious classes you would find an X every time the word was "Christ." And if the word was "Christian" you would find "Xian." It was simply faster to take notes in this manner. I'm sure many of my fellow students did it too.

Those of you in the "high churches" where priests or pastors wear robes and use highly decorated Eucharist utensils might be familiar with the Chi Rho symbol. It is a Chi, written in Greek as X, and Rho, written in Greek as P, with the two overlaid. It is the generally accepted symbol that is to be read "Christ." The letters are transliterated into English as Chr, the first two letters for Christ in Greek. See the photo below.

Having said all this (it might have been shorter for you to have read the Wikipedia article) the point is that using X for Christmas historically is not an attempt to take Christ out of Christmas. When I see Xmas written I read it in my mind as Christmas.

However, I join the majority of posters here in preferring to see it written MERRY CHRISTMAS.