Most people don’t know all the symbols of Christmas that point to Christ himself as the Reason why this culture of ours celebrates the holiday. Take for example the holly, as described in “The Holly and the Ivy,” or the ever-popular Candy Cane we all love so much at Christmas. You can read the story about its symbolism at this site. Or take the word “Xmas”, the abreviation of “Christmas.” I’ve heard many well-meaning Christians say that Xmas is a bold attempt to X the name of Christ out of the name of Christmas. But in their ingorance of Greek they misunderstand. You see, the Greek letter Chi (Χ), which lookes like X, is the first letter of Χριστος, the Greek word for Christ, Jesus’ title, which means the same as the Hebrew title “Messiah”, meaning “anointed.” Merry “Χmas”!
Thursday, December 23, 2004
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Hi there, I am glad someone post something about the difference about Xmas and Chiristmas cause apparently I just got called off a rude person for typing merry X'mas than Merry Chiristmas.. They say that it's the believe of many types of Christians mainly, the Catholics and Methodist. But I'm not Christian so I may be wrong in all matters.. Anyway, Merry Christmas, and happy holidays!!!
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