Welcome to day 5 of 2021 Blogmas. I hope you are have a blast?

Today, I will be speaking on the topic why is Christmas also called Xmas?

Many Christians have alleged secular media of trying to erase Christ from Christmas by using Xmas instead of Christmas.

There is nothing farther from truth as nobody can remove Christ’s name from Christmas.

The truth is, Xmas is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas which originated as handwriting abbreviations.

The “X” comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Christós (Greek: Χριστός), which became Christ in English. The suffix -mas is from the Old English word for Mass which means celebration.

Its uses date back to 19th century.

So rest, it is still the same Christmas by writing Xmas but don’t pronounce it as ex-mas.



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