Why Some People Use Xmas Instead of Christmas

Im guilty, I learned that in the usa. So much easier than spelling out chistmas. I hope I didnt offend anyone here.

I'm guilty as well having used x instead of spelling the whole word. I don't do it to take out Christ fro Christmas or because i'm Jewish i just do it to get the word spelled faster. My hubby isn't Jewish and he even sometimes doesn't mind that people use an x instead of spelling the whole word. I don't think people mean to use it as a way of getting Christ out of Christmas. I think they do it to make the word shorter to spell. For those that do it tho to take Christ out of Christmas are wrong for that because Christ is why we have Christmas. Personally tho i don't think it is such a big deal to have an X instead of spelling the whole word. It is still Christmas and should mean the same thing and if it doesn't then i am sorry to people for doing it and for how they feel. Merry Christmas have a great day.

Hello ARIES. Long before Christ was born the traditions we have today were around with the Mesopotamians, the Persians and the Babylonians, Scandinavia, Ancient Greeks and early Romans all had similar celebrations at this time of the year. The Early church incorporated those customs into the church when they saw t hat the people continued to celebrate in the pagan way. Christ would have been born in the spring because of the sheep in the pastures. The new testament was written in Greek and the word Christ is written in older manuscripts, CRISTOS) are the Greek letters chi (c or C) and rho (r or R). An early example is the Chi-Rho monogram, composed of the first two letters in Greek of the word Christos (Gk: chi, X = ch; rho, P = r). So The beginning of the use of X in Xmas. It also shows up in the 1400 when Johannes Gutenberg started his printing with his printing press. I have always thought of Xmas as being all inclusive with all the religions of the world. Now I do know there are people out there that would like to remove Christ from Christmas and all places. But I don't believe it will ever happen.

Well, I'm a christian but I sometimes use xmas specially when I am hurriedly writing. I am used to it since I was a kid. From what I know it is the abbreviation of christmas. I don't know if there is a significance in writing xmas or christmas.

In my opinion, the word X for Christmas is not proper to use. But then, The usage of X means Christ symbol in Roman Catholic. That's the reason some people used it as a shortened word for Christmas.

I always thought that Xmas was just a slang word for Christmas but when you pick it apart what you're saying makes sense. It probably did come from someone wanting to celebrate Christmas without the religion part. If people want to spend time with their families I don't see a problem with them calling it that if it makes them feel more comfortable. I think god would be happy to see people spending time and loving each other still....obviously not as happy as if they were Christians but still. While it may have originated as term to cut the Christ out of Christmas I think its now became a popular slang term used by Christians as well. I've known several people who have used that terminology who do believe in god.

This is a very old tradition passed down through the centuries. X is a form of Chi, which is Christ's initial in Greek and was often used in monastic circles. The same applies to Xian, which is the equivalent of Christian. I have heard many different stories over the years about the use of X and decided to check the origin of it a long time ago, so I know this to be perfectly true.

No, no, no,no, no. It is too early to start on about Christmas! all the best, urban

hi aries I dislike that very much as I do not want to take the Christ out of Christmas as it means much to me.I will never say xmas as its ju st n ot right.

This is because the Christmas season is to celebrate the birth of Christ. But since the date of Christ's birth is unkown and not written in the Bible- the Catholic Church set December 25 as the birthday of Jesus Christ. So,for non Catholic persons they use X- stands for un-known.

I'm quite disappointed too that some people use Xmas instead of Christmas. We all know that the heart of Christmas is our Lord Jesus Christ. It must be Christmas not Xmas. Thanks for this discussion.