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where does the X in Xmas come from ???? ok may be i am just uneducated but where does the X come from is it like the way that the queenslanders spell beer XXXX  or is it just the way that people over the years have shortened it to having a X in the front.. Is there a story to it? to think of life as a journey of your actions and a result of you reactions |
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oo hipag i would if you have lots to write  do i get one? i don't have to many to write out and it is the day to remember that christ died on the cross for us so i usually put christmas to think of life as a journey of your actions and a result of you reactions
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i think it is because of the X factor but i don't know Xactly to think of life as a journey of your actions and a result of you reactions
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It's Tagalog..  i get it to think of life as a journey of your actions and a result of you reactions
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11/15/2007 2:01 pm |
It's Tagalog.. What are you doing when you lose the most track of time? This is what you should spend the most time doing. 
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I read this before that it's a common misconception. "Xmas is not of modern coinage. The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551. Undoubtedly it was employed before that. Now 1551 is fifty years before the first English colonists came to America and sixty years earlier than the completion of the King James Version of the Bible! Moreover, at the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of Christian and Christianity. You see, the X in Xmas did not originate as our English alphabet's X but as the symbol X in the Greek alphabet, called Chi, with a hard ch. The Greek Chi or X is the first letter in the Greek word Christos. ... Gration claims that as early as the first century the X was used as Christ's initial. Certainly through church history we can trace this usage. In many manuscripts of the New Testament, X abbreviates Christos (Xristos). In ancient Christian art X and XR (Chi Ro--the first two letters in Greek of Christos abbreviate his name. We find that this practice entered the Old English language as early as AD 100. Moreover, Wycliff and other devout believers used X as an abbreviation for Christ. Were they trying to take Christ away and substitute an unknown quantity? The idea is preposterous. Some may use Xmas today as an unchristian shortcut for Christmas, but the ancient abbreviation by no means originated as such. The scribes who copied New Testament manuscripts had no intention of taking Christ out of the New Testament. They used the abbreviation simply to save time and space. ... I do not use it because of the possible misunderstanding it often causes as a result of its misrepresentation or abuse" [i.e., in its use for commercial purposes in modern times] thank you jane for that it does explain nicely where the X comes from i don't use it too much myself because i thought that it was the commercial way or people trying to be politically correct. merry christmas to all and to all a happy new year to think of life as a journey of your actions and a result of you reactions
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also putting i have heard this one too but i was just woundering if there was more to it than just the X for the cross thanks for visiting hope you have a merry christmas to think of life as a journey of your actions and a result of you reactions
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Christ is the reason for Christmas. Let's not put an X for christ in our life. Instead, let us welcome Christ into our hearts everyday.  thanks for your visit sis to think of life as a journey of your actions and a result of you reactions
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11/15/2007 10:44 am |
I read this before that it's a common misconception. "Xmas is not of modern coinage. The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551. Undoubtedly it was employed before that. Now 1551 is fifty years before the first English colonists came to America and sixty years earlier than the completion of the King James Version of the Bible! Moreover, at the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of Christian and Christianity. You see, the X in Xmas did not originate as our English alphabet's X but as the symbol X in the Greek alphabet, called Chi, with a hard ch. The Greek Chi or X is the first letter in the Greek word Christos. ... Gration claims that as early as the first century the X was used as Christ's initial. Certainly through church history we can trace this usage. In many manuscripts of the New Testament, X abbreviates Christos (Xristos). In ancient Christian art X and XR (Chi Ro--the first two letters in Greek of Christos abbreviate his name. We find that this practice entered the Old English language as early as AD 100. Moreover, Wycliff and other devout believers used X as an abbreviation for Christ. Were they trying to take Christ away and substitute an unknown quantity? The idea is preposterous. Some may use Xmas today as an unchristian shortcut for Christmas, but the ancient abbreviation by no means originated as such. The scribes who copied New Testament manuscripts had no intention of taking Christ out of the New Testament. They used the abbreviation simply to save time and space. ... I do not use it because of the possible misunderstanding it often causes as a result of its misrepresentation or abuse" [i.e., in its use for commercial purposes in modern times]    within each one of us, and let it begin with me (and each one of us)..one breath at a time.
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11/15/2007 10:27 am |
I read this before that it's a common misconception. "Xmas is not of modern coinage. The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551. Undoubtedly it was employed before that. Now 1551 is fifty years before the first English colonists came to America and sixty years earlier than the completion of the King James Version of the Bible! Moreover, at the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of Christian and Christianity. You see, the X in Xmas did not originate as our English alphabet's X but as the symbol X in the Greek alphabet, called Chi, with a hard ch. The Greek Chi or X is the first letter in the Greek word Christos. ... Gration claims that as early as the first century the X was used as Christ's initial. Certainly through church history we can trace this usage. In many manuscripts of the New Testament, X abbreviates Christos (Xristos). In ancient Christian art X and XR (Chi Ro--the first two letters in Greek of Christos abbreviate his name. We find that this practice entered the Old English language as early as AD 100. Moreover, Wycliff and other devout believers used X as an abbreviation for Christ. Were they trying to take Christ away and substitute an unknown quantity? The idea is preposterous. Some may use Xmas today as an unchristian shortcut for Christmas, but the ancient abbreviation by no means originated as such. The scribes who copied New Testament manuscripts had no intention of taking Christ out of the New Testament. They used the abbreviation simply to save time and space. ... I do not use it because of the possible misunderstanding it often causes as a result of its misrepresentation or abuse" [i.e., in its use for commercial purposes in modern times] within each one of us, and let it begin with me (and each one of us)..one breath at a time.
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[COLOR deeppink]Christ is the reason for Christmas. Let's not put an X for christ in our life. Instead, let us welcome Christ into our hearts everyday.
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