Many people refer to Christmas as Xmas, though most don’t even know what it means. The abbreviation is of Greek origin. The word for Christ in Greek is Xristos. During the 16th century, Europeans began using the first initial of Christ’s name, “X”, in place of the word Christ in Christmas. Later on, as the Greek language began to wane in popularity, many who did not understand Greek mistook the abbreviation as a sign of disrespect.
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