Merry X-Mas, Happy Holidays

First it was Merry X-Mas. Now it’s Happy Holidays. Why can’t we just call it what it is–Christmas break, Christmas Day, Christmas tree, Christmas Carol, Christmas present.

When stores started advertising “X-Mas Sale,” people complained they were trying to take Christ out of Christmas. Who knows what their motives were, but in church history the letter “X” came to symbolize Christ. “X” is the first letter in the Greek spelling of “Christ,” so “X-Mas” still means “Christmas.” …[read more]