[CS-FSLUG] Re: Xmas

[Aaron Patrick Lehmann]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 09:15:29AM -0500, Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> David Kemsley wrote:
> >family gathering and catching up with friends. I guess what most of 
> >society is missing is the Christ part of Christmas (which is why it's 
> >not so surprising X-mas is becoming popular).
> 
> I had thought that the "X" was also meant to remove "Christ" from 
> Christmas.  A seminary professor explained the origins differently, 
> though.  He said that it was just an easy abreviation as the "X" was the 
> Greek letter (Chi) which is the first letter of "Christ" in Greek. 
> Therefore, the "X" in "Xmas" is really "Christ".
> 
> It is also the same "X" in IXOYE that Christians use in the fish symbol. 
>  Is that "X" trying to take "Christ" out of the fish?

Christ was never in a fish.  Jonah was.

Aaron Lehmann

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