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Christmas vs X-mas
I don't understand this. Many people are beginning to say X-mas. Well, the whole point of Christmas is because it is the birth of Christ. Isn't calling Christmas X-mas taking the whole point of Christmas away?
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Well technically X-mas still involves christ because my friend was talking about the other day (and she's a walking encyclopedia) well she said that there was a greek or roman name for christ that started w/ x. xeses or xerxes.. something like that. Yeah so they can't take him out of it. Besides.. last time I checked it's christ's birthday.. not muhamed, buddah, or whoever else. :) Good luck, God Bless, and Merry CHRISTMAS~aeromonkey
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You see...the world is trying to take God out of everything. It went from CHRISTmas, to X-Mas, to Happy Holidays. God used to be allowed in schools, but now mentioning God is infringing on peoples rights, and their right to whatever religion they want. I could go on forever....but its sad that people dont care about God when he cares about us more than anything. I just dont get it. I belive in God and he goes everywhere I go.
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You have a brilliant question asked there and i think you make a very good point i asked that same question to my mum quite a while ago and she said it is to shorten the word and i think they shuold'nt call it x-mas and yes it is
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Well, Christmas has turned very commercial. Not many people care about it for the religious part of it. Like me, I am an athiest and I celebrate christmas because otherwise, what else would i celebrate during the winter? Haha. But religious people should call it Christmas, not X-mas
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In ancient Greek the word for Christ was "Xristos".
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No it is just a shortier way to say christmas...That is all...Christmas is the birth of Christ but it also waht christians do like me..Hope I helped..♥Alley
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I'm sure that there is going to be a gazillion more questions asking this exact same thing between now and Christmas.
No, the whole point of Christmas ISN'T to celebrate the birth of Christ. It is for Christians, but not for the billions of Atheists, Agnostics, and people of other faiths who really, really, couldn't possibly care less. For you and your church, your family and your fellow Christians it is, but please don't just assume that you have sole rights to the holiday because the Church took the name of Christ and put it on the date of a pagan holiday to suit their own religious agenda.
Billions of people around the world who dont share your views, simply see it as it has been for generations: a chance to celebrate the holidays.
The current Christian tradition, including X-mas, is a direct result of the Christian Church moving their own holidays onto pagan dates (All Saints, Easter, Christmas, etc) as well as adopting traditions from those pagan festivals. Especially since that for centuries Christmas wasn't a celebrated holiday among Christians, the Church was simply trying to stop the Pagan celebrations during that time. It was after their failure to stop the paganism ouright, that the Christian church changed their strategy to one of absorbing pagan traditions into a celebration that would befit the 'birth' of Jesus Christ, thereby changing the pagan worship into Jesus worship. Without the adoption of pagan traditions (christmas tree, yule log, gifts, decorations, etc etc) Christians still might possibly not even celebrate Christmas at all, or if they did, it would be in a much more restrained manner. As it is, Christianity embraced many of the facets of the holiday that the pagans had created, now the Christians can't get rid of them. It was the early Christian church that encouraged this kind of celebration, and its ironic that today many Christians feel that it is the fault of the non-christians that Christmas is how it is.
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The whole point of Christmas was lost a long time ago. It's my guess that people understand on some level that the commercialized racket that goes on nowadays has virtually nothing to do with Christ, and so they take his name out of it to reflect that. There is also a tendency these days to abbreviate one's speech whenever possible, largely due to the influence of text-messaging and other forms of rapid communication. People simply speak less formally than they used to. Take a look around this very website, & u will c many xamples.
Side note - the "X" in Xmas isn't actually an X from the English alphabet, but a letter Chi from the Greek alphabet, long used as a symbol for Christ for the obvious reason that it represents a cross. Therefore, the name is still essentially there, but since many people don't realize that, it may as well not be.
Those who think of Jesus Christ at Christmastime will continue to do so, and will continue to call it Christmas.
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I don't understand why some people put so much meaning into something that is very simple to explain. X-mas is simply an abbreviation for Christmas. Nothing more. It's like saying B-day instead of Birthday. You're not taking the Birth out of the Birthday, you're just making it easier to either write or say. By saying "can't", you're not taking the "not" out of "cannot", it's an abbreviation and nothing more. In today's world, making things easier is one of people's main goals. Everything is becoming faster and easier. Seen some of the abbreviations some people are using on instant messenger lately? It's crazy!
Some people may use "X-mas" because they don't believe in religion or for some other reason, but that is the effect, not the cause. They are using an already existing abbreviation and fitting their ideas to it, not creating the abbreviation for their ideas. Don't get all caught up in the history of Christmas or with what it means. Get caught up in the present holiday season and culture no matter what your beliefs are. Things like happiness, family, and giving are only a part of it and I think it's safe to say that just about everyone values and believes in them. :)
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Christmas used to be known as a pagan celebration. Please don't be ignorant and think it is original to Christianity although Christianity and commercialism -is- in actuality what popularized it.
"Christmas has its origins in several pagan holidays. The celebration known as Saturnalia included the making and giving of small presents."
Now its X-mas, a universal day for people of all colour and religions to come together and celebrate the season of giving. Does it really matter what you call it as long as the thought it there?
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Oh, it does matter? Are you that self-centered to want to give up all the progress multiculturalism has made just to confirm that it really -is- CHRISTmas not X-mas?
And I -did- say don't be ignorant and think it is ORIGINAL to Christianity. Any UNBIASED website will say the same -so- if you -do- think that it is ORIGINAL to Christianity, then -yes-, you are ignorant.
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"Christmas Day is an annual Christian and SECULAR holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus, along with themes such as family, goodwill, giving and compassion."
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Yeah I know I sometimes say CHRISTmas and people say its Christmas but then I say whats the point of Christmas without Christ they just forget about Jesus and just think about presents. But just remember never take the Christ out of Christmas.
oh yeah and Jesus is the reason for the season
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X-mas, while some people don't do this intentionally, takes CHRIST out of Christmas. And, regardless of what the other people say, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ. No, he wasn't neccesarily born ON december 25, but that's when we celebrate it. It doesn't matter the actual date. Not everyone who celebrates this holiday believes in Christ (obviously) but this is the origin of the holiday. Now that Christmas has become more and more commercialized, it's become a lot less about christ, and X-mas is one way of saying it. Some people don't realize or believe this, and say it because it's shorter, but really, that is what it is.
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Here is a website that gives the history of the "X" along with Christmas tradition origins.
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X-mas is a shorter way of saying Christmas. I don`t understand why people say it. The holiday is about Christ and his birth. I think of it as since we aren`t really sure when he was born we throw him a birthday party on December 25th every year lol & it`s a tradition because of that. I personally usually say Merry CHRISTmas. But I do agree with you that saying x-mas does take the point of it being called Christmas away. Merry Christmas! (: ♥
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Here is a website with biblical references that prove Jesus was not born in December:
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Xmas is easier.
And actually, Jesus was born in July. Christmas was originally a pagan holiday in december, but the Christians in olden times wanted the Pagans to convert. The pagans wanted to keep their holiday, so the Christians just changed the name to make it sound Christian.
Christmas is a celebration of family and friends- of gift giving and being happy. Nothing to do with Jesus- it celebrates Saint Nicolas.
If you don't believe me, look on the internet or the History Channel.
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Also, excuse me for being atheist, but yule was celebrated long before Christmas, on the same date, with the same celebrations before it was stolen by Christians.
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what exactly is ur question? why are people calling it x-mas? obviously because it's shorter and easier. also, it's sad but true that christmas is turning into a hallmark holiday that only focuses on consumer products and commercialization. what exactly do u wanna know?
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