 Xmas, taking the christ out of christmas? |
 Dec 25 2005, 08:50 PM
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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? -------------------- salviadivinorum.
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Jan 3 2006, 12:31 PM
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 Persecuted mercilessly by Fuzzy Group: Established Members Posts: 244 Joined: 19-October 05 From: Winchester Member No.: 2,075 Gender: Female |
I think it was on the radio I heard this but Xmas is a perfectly valid shortening of Christmas. Like what CheesesMoose was saying, the symbol and similar symbols were used in Christian imagery.
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kidvicious2punk Xmas Dec 25 2005, 08:50 PM
Calantyr 'Christmas' was a celebration long before ... Dec 25 2005, 09:03 PM kidvicious2punk haha,indeed.
i myself dont practice the christian... Dec 25 2005, 09:17 PM Calantyr Hey, there is nothing more fun than arguing the to... Dec 25 2005, 09:20 PM CheeseMoose The 'X' in Xmas is actually the greek lett... Dec 25 2005, 09:27 PM
Calantyr QUOTE (CheeseMoose @ Dec 25 2005, 10:27 PM)Th... Dec 25 2005, 09:39 PM craziness QUOTE (Calantyr @ Dec 25 2005, 04:39 PM)QUOTE... Dec 26 2005, 04:00 AM Astarael I think I knew that the X was an abbreviation for ... Dec 25 2005, 10:11 PM Overfriendly_Kitten As a Roman Catholic I am deeply depressed that my ... Dec 26 2005, 12:01 AM Sir_Psycho_Sexy QUOTE (Overfriendly_Kitten @ Dec 26 2005, 12:... Dec 26 2005, 02:04 AM voices_in_my_head QUOTE (CheeseMoose @ Dec 25 2005, 04:27 PM)Th... Dec 26 2005, 02:49 AM Astarael Good point, OFK. If we Christians (I'm a Metho... Dec 26 2005, 03:32 AM Overfriendly_Kitten QUOTE (Sir_Psycho_Sexy @ Dec 26 2005, 03:04 A... Dec 26 2005, 12:21 PM Astarael Eh, it was a pretty good rant. Plenty of emotion, ... Dec 26 2005, 08:21 PM oobunnie I dont get what the big problem is about. I had a ... Dec 27 2005, 05:06 AM Astarael Political correctness is such an annoying aspect o... Dec 27 2005, 08:48 PM Jatopian Indeed, Astarael... but God help him if he complai... Dec 27 2005, 08:55 PM bryden42 QUOTE It harks back to ancient (pre-Christian) pag... Dec 29 2005, 01:33 AM MrTeapot The Yule log represents the Oak King and was made ... Dec 29 2005, 01:51 AM Astarael Where did you get the information about the animal... Dec 29 2005, 05:01 PM Overfriendly_Kitten QUOTE (bryden42 @ Dec 29 2005, 02:33 AM)QUOTE... Jan 1 2006, 02:58 PM CheeseMoose QUOTE (Rykan @ Jan 3 2006, 12:31 PM)I think i... Jan 3 2006, 04:54 PM Astarael Nice picture. I like the intricate Celtic-ish (the... Jan 3 2006, 04:51 PM Calantyr QUOTE (Astarael @ Jan 3 2006, 05:51 PM)Nice p... Jan 3 2006, 08:35 PM Astarael QUOTE (Calantyr @ Jan 3 2006, 04:35 PM)QUOTE ... Jan 4 2006, 09:40 PM Astarael *chuckles* I would get myself set up with a Linux ... Jan 3 2006, 05:18 PM believe Can we just agree that people on both sides are cl... Jan 3 2006, 06:54 PM Pixiegoth I am a Pagan so I celebrate Yule (around 21st Dece... Jan 4 2006, 01:28 PM FeralPolyglot QUOTE (Pixiegoth @ Jan 4 2006, 08:28 AM)I am ... Jan 4 2006, 06:27 PM Mutilation It's intersting to see some people's opini... Jan 5 2006, 02:54 PM Astarael Yes, we're somewhat unfortunate in that way. E... Jan 5 2006, 09:58 PM trunks_girl26 QUOTE (Mutilation @ Jan 5 2006, 02:54 PM)It... Jan 6 2006, 11:41 PM candice QUOTE (trunks_girl26 @ Jan 6 2006, 03:41 PM)I... Jan 7 2006, 12:13 AM trunks_girl26 QUOTE (candice @ Jan 7 2006, 12:13 AM)QUOTE (... Jan 7 2006, 12:26 AM Calantyr QUOTE (trunks_girl26 @ Jan 7 2006, 01:26 AM)I... Jan 7 2006, 03:03 AM Astarael Depends on what set of statistics you want to use.... Jan 7 2006, 05:51 AM Calantyr Oh the US DOES have a huge mix, but no more than q... Jan 7 2006, 12:03 PM bryden42 *spam* Huge Minority..... I like that Jan 7 2006, 05:23 PM Astarael Blending all sorts of different cultures all over ... Jan 8 2006, 07:51 PM Daria QUOTE Given human nature, I'm not holding my b... Jan 9 2006, 09:05 PM Astarael Some people might react that way, but I think that... Jan 9 2006, 09:34 PM Daria Oh, I am in full agreement to your idea, but due t... Jan 9 2006, 10:38 PM believe QUOTE Everyone thinks that they should have things... Jan 27 2006, 09:29 PM Astarael Other than the happy politically correct land of S... Jan 27 2006, 10:04 PM |
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