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kislev posted...

Golden Road posted...

I guess Xmas is pointless in the sense that you could write Christmas instead, but that's a really bizarre point to make--people have been shortening words forever--and doesn't have much to do with the "atheists can't celebrate Christmas" point the topic claimed to be about.

The x in xmas is the greek letter chi which is where christ comes from so it is pointkess and makes them look dumb

Yes, which is exactly where Xmas originated.

"Xmas is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas. It is sometimes pronounced /ksms/, but Xmas, and variants such as Xtemass, originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation /krsms/. The "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word , which in English is "Christ". The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass."

You make it sound like people use Xmas to avoid saying Christ.