For some , Xmas is a awful four - varsity letter word that reemerges every holiday season . The phrasal idiom is literally and symbolically repellant , allot to its critic . Not only does it " X " out Christ , the spiritual figure at the heart of the vacation , it also represents asecularizationof Christmas , what some see as pore more on the present under the Christmas tree and less on religious observance and the nativity of baby Jesus . Other Christians , who feel that Xmas takes the " Christ " out of " Christmas , " believe that the letter of the alphabet X is used because of its resemblance to a cross , or to obviate the promulgation of Jesus ' name . This modern trend , they say , must be bucked , so that people can be reminded of the true substance of Christmas
But it turns out that " Xmas" is n’t a modern convention at all . It was used commonly in sixteenth - century Europe , when many the great unwashed began using the term " Christos , " the Greek translation for Christ , to refer to Jesus . The letterchiin theGreek alphabetis stand for by an ten and interpret to " ch . " So along with the Greek letterrhofor " universal gas constant " , the terminus Xmas was used to look up to the nativity of Jesus as an informed abbreviation , not an nauseating one . Xmas was a way for Christian scholars to refer to Jesus respectfully in an ancient language – not to disrespect his name with a harsh symbolic representation . In fact , version of " Xmas " date back to 1021 [ author : BBC.com ] .
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