You may have heard it a million times, but the main purpose of Christmas is celebrate Jesus' birthday. Even though I've heard he actually wasn't born on December 25 (they said it was June or July). Whatever day he may have been born on, that's the original purpose for Christmas. Just my two cents.
Another answer:
The XMAS was a result of persecutions of Christians in early in 2nd and 3rd century AD when it was illegal to worship or to even write the word Christ.
Xmas is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas.
The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass,
while the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, translated as "Christ".
There is a common misconception that the word Xmas stems from a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas".
no
it is an abbreviation for Christmas 'aka Xmas'
Xmas is an abbreviation of Christmas. Please see the Related Question, below.
No. Not as far as I know. Xmas is short for Christmas.
xmas day
According to my etymology dictionary, Xmas has been the abbreviated form of the word Christmas since the 1550's and even earlier the form Xres maesse was used (circa 1100).It has no other meaning.
The cast of Another Dark Xmas for Shawn - 2013 includes: Richard Buffery as Paulie Cyres Dorward as T-Bone Tina Doyle as Countess Scarlett Minerva Ravensdale
Christmastide, Christmastime, Dec 25, Noel, Xmas, Yule, Yuletide.
Xmas, Christmas Eve, Christmastime, Christmas Day.
If you believe in Santa then he delivers them on Xmas Eve and you open them on Xmas Day, if not it should get to your home on Xmas Eve and you open them on Xmas Day.
Yes, Xmas is another way of writing Christmas.The use of Xmas goes back centuries. X has been used in religious writings as a shorthand or abbreviation, where X represents chi in the Greek alphabet. Chi is the first letter in the Greek spelling of the word Christ.
Father Xmas was created in 2001.
Amrep Xmas was created in 1997.