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Here’s a holiday surprise that only the dictionary can provide. Do you find the word “,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych][url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Xmas?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]Xmas[/url],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],” as an abbreviation for [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/Christmas?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]Christmas[/url],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], offensive? Many people do.
You won’t find Xmas in church songbooks or even on many greeting cards. Xmas is popularly associated with a trend towards [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/materialism?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]materialism[/url], and sometimes the target of people who decry the emergence of general “holiday” observance instead of particular cultural and religious ritual.
But the history of the word “Xmas” is actually more respectable — and fascinating — than you might suspect.
First of all,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the abbreviation predates by centuries its use in gaudy advertisements. It was first used in the mid 1500s.
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] is the [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/x?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]Greek letter “chi,”[/url] the initial letter in the word Χριστ?&sigmaf;. And here’s the kicker: Χριστ?&sigmaf; means “[url=http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/Christ?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]Christ[/url].” X has been an acceptable representation of the word “Christ” for hundreds of years. This device is known as a [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Christogram?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]Christogram[/url].
The “[url=http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/xmas?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]mas[/url]” in Xmas is the Old English word for “[url=http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/mass?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]mass[/url].” The [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/mass?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]thought-provoking[/url] etymology of “mass” [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/mass?__utma=1.574177912.1292418382.1292418382.1292418382.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1292418382&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1292418382.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=120135176]can be found here[/url].
In the same vein,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the dignified terms “Xpian” and “Xtian” have been used in place of the word “Christian.”
As lovers of the alphabet,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we are transfixed by the flexibility of “X.” The same letter can represent the sacred,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the profane (“[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]”),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the unknown (“[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].”) [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]? Find out more about the 24th letter of the alphabet,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], [link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
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