Xmas, taking the christ out of christmas? Options

[kidvicious2punk]

there are some people who think that writing the short form "xmas" in place of christmas is nothing short of secular and disrespectful.

there was a segment on the daily show with jon stewart in which some one complained that the saying "happy holidays" is also taking away from the religious values of christmas.

in response,jon said [it was close to this,not exact],
"well,yes the holiday season is considering christmas,but,new years is also a holiday.sure,you could say 'merry christmas and a happy new year',but some of us have things to do."

maybe the fact of the matter is that the meaning of christmas is becoming less and less clear.but i dont think its that big of a deal that people would like to save time in writing out the whole word and simply came up with "xmas".

thoguhts?

[Usurper MrTeapot]

The Yule log represents the Oak King and was made out of Oak, suprisingly. When you burn it, it represents the Oak King's death, scattering the ashes are sowing the seeds of the next Oak King who will defeat the Holly King at midsummer.

There isn't any evidence I've ever come across where trees were decorated with entrails of animals. It is suggested that the Druids hung candles from evergreen trees at Yuletide to bless them for being green all year round, and I'll have a flick through a few books and see if I can find where baubles and tinsle came from.