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good post!
i usually write xmas just to shorten it up. I think the whole religion thing is overplayed, as christmas has become something WAY different than the original intention.
Christmas or Xmas?
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good post!
i usually write xmas just to shorten it up. I think the whole religion thing is overplayed, as christmas has become something WAY different than the original intention.
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
x-mas is taking out the name of christ.
yeah, i know religion isnt a hot spot anymore really, but even if you arent religious or spiritual and still celebrating christmas, its kinda fucked up to take christ out of it. and its become so common, people dont even realize thats what i means. i didnt even realize it at first.
i will always spell it christmas, x-mas is just fucked up.
yeah, i know religion isnt a hot spot anymore really, but even if you arent religious or spiritual and still celebrating christmas, its kinda fucked up to take christ out of it. and its become so common, people dont even realize thats what i means. i didnt even realize it at first.
i will always spell it christmas, x-mas is just fucked up.
Eric Lindros
#88
Christmas..........
ChefChiTown
The secret ingredient? MY BALLS
I'm just going to start calling it "Super Happy Jesus Fun Day"
I am honestly not trying to offend you - but I think you are being picky.
Your life must be either pretty great or pretty awful to care so much about sometihing so trivial.
But I guess we all have our 'pet peeves'.
Merry X, er, Christmas.
I just keep hope that Xgiving and Xoween will catch on one of these days.
keep christ in christmas and keep the x for porn.
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
Christmas. :thumbsup:
Xmas is for people too lazy to write out Christmas. :tongue:
Xmas is for people too lazy to write out Christmas.
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Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
but please no
Xipendence day
or
X of July
Xipendence day
or
X of July
I am honestly not trying to offend you - but I think you are being picky.
Your life must be either pretty great or pretty awful to care so much about sometihing so trivial.
But I guess we all have our 'pet peeves'.
Merry X, er, Christmas.
No offence taken, but I don't think I am being picky!
I just feel that with the "text generation" will never know it is called Christmas - it will just be a thing of the past, and like mentioned earlier in this thread, proper written English is a rare thing these days!
PS, My life isn't great, but it isn't awful either!
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
No offence taken, but I don't think I am being picky!
I just feel that with the "text generation" will never know it is called Christmas - it will just be a thing of the past, and like mentioned earlier in this thread, proper written English is a rare thing these days!
PS, My life isn't great, but it isn't awful either!
Texting is destroy children's minds and the English language.
Christmas
Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
I use Christmas in my handwritings, but I usually type Xmas or X-mas (not in greetings and wishes). I strongly dislike typing so I am always glad to drop some letters if it is within the rules of standardised spelling. On the other hand, I mostly avoid using any abbreviations if/when I write in my own hand.
This person is exactly right. X doesn't "x" out Christ; it stands for Christ. In koine Greek, "Christ" looks like this xpistos which transliterates into Christos (the p looking letter is "r"). There were three types of Roman crosses used for persecution. The one you typically see is the one thought to be used. However, one form of cross looked like an X. The other looked like a capital T. The typical one you see is the believed version used because the Gospels say that a message was posted above his head...which means the other type was need to hammer the message up.
Personally, I'd rather it be spelled out, but it doesn't typically bother me.
I've seen this kind of information before. It's good stuff.
All the same, I still use Christian just because the old relatively respectful meaning of the abbreviation is not relevant in our society. It's out moded. Now, writing out the full name "Christmas" is simply the respectful way of doing things, just the same as including someone's title or rank or whathaveyou.
Now, I don't care if someone writes Xmas. But, I know they likely ain't Greek, or 1500 years old.
The wikipage on this topic is pretty interesting.
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