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forceten said..
Can it be so hard to spell out Christmas ?
Fun fact: Xmas has a long history. The X is an abbreviation for Christos in Greek - the X standing in for the Greek letter chi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas"There is a common misconception that the word
Xmas stems from a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas[3] by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas", but its use dates back to the 16th century. "
I thought for the longest time that it was just an clumsy attempt at brevity.