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A.’s comments from the By Your Boot Straps group.

Dan wrote: "I get that about abbreviating Christmas, sure. But in the modern environment that is so deleterious to things Christian, X-mas has definitely become offensive to Christians. Where once it lacked th..."

This may be because some think the usage is offensive. First impressions color our perceptions which we may change if we please though no one likes to suddenly change conventions associated with festivities. Wikipedia has many errors but I hope it is correct in this case. We are used to this abbreviation since childhood and Twitter, Bookbub and other ad media have limits on number of characters.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/xmas-chr... says, 'But, the history of the word Xmas is actually more respectable—and fascinating—than you might suspect. First of all, the abbreviation predates (by centuries) its use in gaudy advertisements. It was first used in the mid-1500s. X represents the Greek letter chi, the initial letter in the word Χριστός (Chrīstos). And what does Χριστός mean? “(Jesus) Christ.” X has been an acceptable representation of the word Christ for hundreds of years. (And why would people need to abbreviate Christ? Well, the word is very widely written.)'.

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Taking offense at abbreviating Christmas is based on misinfo as per Wikipedia which says, 'There is a common misconception that the word Xmas stems from a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas[3] by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas", but its use dates back to the 16th century.' vide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

But I'll be able to explain with the evidence if anyone takes offense. Christmas cards and brief phrases often carry the abbreviation.

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