Xmas (or X-mas ) is an abbreviation for Christmas . It is derived from the word ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, transliterated as Christos , which is Greek for Christ . Greek is the language in which the whole New Testament was written. Originally, in "Xmas", X represented the Greek letter χ (see chi ). It was pronounced with an aspirated [khi], which is the first letter of Christ's name in Greek. An upper-case χ has the same shape as a Latin alphabet letter X, hence the abbreviation "Xmas".

here is the website if you would like to know more. just a little preview you can go here to see more and when it was started. so the next time you start to criticize someone for saying X-mas instead of christmas. think about it and then let them know why its ok. but get it right. don't say nething wrong b/c you don't want to mislead someone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

 

in futurama...theres no such thing as christmas. xmas is the official name of christmas in the year 3000.

 

and watch out for santa... he will kill you.

"santa clause is gunning you down"[sm=yeahsmile.gif]

 

with the way things are going i wouldn't doubt thats the way it will be in twenty years. we all need to unite and join forces in the WAR AGAINST HUMBUGGERRY
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hahaha. that episode wasnt on on christmas or on christmas eve. they did show it like a week before christmas but thats it.

 

they show it about 40 times a year and never on christmass. i doubt that its christmass worthy since they totally took the christ out of it.

 

all along i thought it was just short form[&:]

 

Xmas was used to shorten the word Christmas
just because people are too lazy to write out
the whole word. The same way and reason it
is used for xmitter ( transmitter ) It means nothing
more than that.