Comments on: Christmas With a Capital C http://christmas.blogsiouxfalls.com/2007/12/06/christmas-with-a-capital-c/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Russ http://christmas.blogsiouxfalls.com/2007/12/06/christmas-with-a-capital-c/#comment-218 Russ Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:22:51 +0000 http://christmas.blogsiouxfalls.com/2007/12/06/christmas-with-a-capital-c/#comment-218 I didn't go into the extensive search Carter did, but I do agree people are using it, especially in the retail ads, to cross out 'uncomfortable' name Christ out of Christmas. I didn’t go into the extensive search Carter did, but I do agree people are using it, especially in the retail ads, to cross out ‘uncomfortable’ name Christ out of Christmas.

]]> By: Carter http://christmas.blogsiouxfalls.com/2007/12/06/christmas-with-a-capital-c/#comment-116 Carter Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:32:52 +0000 http://christmas.blogsiouxfalls.com/2007/12/06/christmas-with-a-capital-c/#comment-116 I found the following on Xmas but I do think that society tries to avoid using the name of Jesus, except when cursing. The word "Christmas" is a contraction of two words "Christ's mass" and is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. In early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ (Χριστός). Since the mid-16th century Χ, or the similar Roman letter X, was used as an abbreviation for Christ. Thus, Xmas is an abbreviation for Christmas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas I found the following on Xmas but I do think that society tries to avoid using the name of Jesus, except when cursing.

The word “Christmas” is a contraction of two words “Christ’s mass” and is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. In early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ (Χριστός). Since the mid-16th century Χ, or the similar Roman letter X, was used as an abbreviation for Christ. Thus, Xmas is an abbreviation for Christmas.

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

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