Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Xtmas

    I whish you have a Merry Christmas.
For all this good people that "living" in this ng, merry Xtmas and happy new
year. Especially for my friend Marco who linving in USA and he is loocking
for new job. May you find it!!!
2002 will be a great year.
I hope.
see you soon, friends.
Bye bye
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For
all this good people that "living" in this ng, merry Xtmas and happy
Xtmas? Where does that come from?
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Xtmas? Where does that come from?
As a matter of fact, it's Xmas (without the "t").
A very common abbreviation for Christmas. I suppose the reason the X
stands for Christ is that it resembles a cross.
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Ciao
Frank

 stands for Christ is that it resembles a cross.
I remember being told that that 'X' is the greek letter X ('chi').  
'X' is the first letter of the greek word for 'Christ' (Khristos, in latin
characters).
Max

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As some have said, "xmas without Christ".  It#s not my favourite,
along with #nite# as abberant spelling of English. 'Altho', to be
totally inconsistent, I like 'tho'. :-))) and 'kno' brings back fond
memories of Molesworth, a fictional schoolboy of some years ago.
Cheers,
Loki
Who#s going to change her keymap back - who needs a Euro sign
anyway....
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latin characters).
On the Internet I found both explanations, although the one you give
seems to be more popular.
Your version:
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/12/21/fp23s2-csm.shtml
http://wilstar.com/xmas/xmassymb.htm
http://www.snopes2.com/holidays/christmas/xmasabbr.htm
Other version:
http://www.locksley.com/6696/xmas.htm
<<I have also heard some folks thundering against the use of the
abbreviation "Xmas" as being "against Jesus." Frankly, nothing could
be more absurd. This usage derives from a common medieval abbreviation
for "Christ" using a Cross rather than the name. >>
Even more explicit is
http://www.takeourword.com/Issue066.html
<<I heard that the "X" was actually the Greek letter "chi" (written as
X), which has long been used as an abbreviation for Christ (Xristos in
Greek) by theologians. Have I been laboring under a misconception all
these years?
While the X-like character which appears in the Chi-Rho symbol is a
Greek letter chi, the X in Xmas represents the criss-cross.  This
symbol preceded the alphabet in children's hornbooks of the middle
ages.  Just in case you were wondering, there was also a character
which followed the alphabet.  It was &, the ampersand. >>
Ciao
Frank
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As some have said, "xmas without Christ".
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/12/21/fp23s2-csm.shtml
<<The abbreviation "Xmas" comes from Greek Christians. "X" is the
first letter of the Greek word for Christ (Xristos). By the 16th
century, Xmas was widely used throughout Europe by Christians who knew
that it meant "Christ's mass." Later, Christians unfamiliar with the
Greek origin mistook the "X" as a sign of disrespect and an attempt by
unbelievers to rid Christmas of its central meaning. Some Christians
still disapprove of the abbreviation, claiming, incorrectly,
******that it takes the "Christ out of Christmas.**********">>
And yet the matter doesn't seem to be settled. Please see my reply to
Max M.
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