Saturday, April 25, 2009
Christmas Trivia - X-mas
The Greek letter C, c (pronounced “chi” and looks like the Roman letter X) was a popular abbreviation of the name Christ for the early persecuted Christians, X or “chi” is the first letter of Christ when written in Greek and also resembled the cross.
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Good to clarify this...some people who do not know of the origin of the use of the X, consider "Xmas" as trying to leave Christ out of Christmas!
Yes, many have this confused which is why I posted it.
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