An Atheist explains Xmas!
†This time of year many Christians seem to get on edge whenever the term Xmas gets tossed around. Many believers feel that the simplified form Xmas takes the Christ out of Christmas. However, this is not entirely accurate, since the X in Xmas isn't actually an abbreviation as commonly thought. Low and behold, the X is actually the Greek version of Christ's name! † (Note: Christ's name is most commonly written in Greek, because the NT was originally written in Greek). The well known Christian image of the Labarum (also known as Chi-Rho, or else the large X [ Chi ] with a P [ Rho ] running through it), was first coined by the Christianized Roman Emperor Constantine I (274-337), and is taken from the Greek word for Christ or Χριστος. Wikipedia explains further: The labarum, an amalgamation of the two Greek letters rendered as ☧, is a symbol often used to represent Christ in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian Churches. However, the iconog...