DisturbedPuppy made a mostly silly post about Christmas, in which he said the following:
"Also....Ima change it to X-Mas...for political Correctnessness."
I'm not sure if he's aware, but 'Xmas' is a Christian abbreviation - the 'X' stands for 'Christ'. It comes from the first letter for 'Christ' in ancient Greek - which looks like an 'x'.
So, no, it's not an attempt to 'cross out Christ' or any such nonsense.
(Anyway, I don't really find the term 'Christmas' offensive. Why the hell would I care about the name of a holiday?)
The 'X for Chi' (Chi = Greek X) substitution turned up before the Cross became a common symbol of Christianity.
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Whats "christamas"? >.>
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I don't really get political correctness. Sure the point is to not offend people, but it's taken to the extremes....
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well it's also a religious holiday... :O
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Who cares? We get presents.
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Squeegy wrote:
Who cares? We get presents. And almost 2 weeks out of school. | |
We're getting away from the true meaning of the holiday season with all this Jesus nonsense.
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but still, if it's a religious holiday you shouldn't change its name to remove religious references =/
That is, unless they want to put a second day in July named "Gimme Stuff Day" on the 25th :D | |
Cowdude wrote:
but still, if it's a religious holiday you shouldn't change its name to remove religious references =/ :'D | |
Wow, I just read Disturbedpuppy's post. I think there's something wrong with his head.
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I would agree.
(Really, we're getting away from The True Meaning Of Christmas with all this Jesus fellow. Whatever happened to the whole pagan ritual thing?) | |
"I think there's something wrong with his head."
Funny considering the first word in his name is DISTURBED | |
I always just assumed the "X" abbreviation was a "cross" reference (admittedly, it doesn't make much sense to connect the day commemorating Christ's birth to the symbol of his death, but I also assumed it was begun out of laziness and/or ignorance)