[CS-FSLUG] Re: Xmas
Aaron Patrick Lehmann
lehmanap at cs.purdue.edu
Mon Nov 8 10:15:07 CST 2004
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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