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Yay or nay to the use of the term "Xmas"?


I vote nay. It just looks stupid.

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It doesn’t bother me, I’ve been guilty of using it myself.

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I have no strong feelings towards either and use them both freely.

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If it makes writing emails or cards easier, I say go for it if you want, I just personally prefer the longer spelling. Plus X in Roman numerals is 10, so it reads as 10-mas to me.

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Plus X in Roman numerals is 10, so it reads as 10-mas to me.

I just wrote that a few comments up.

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Great minds think alike, also pardon my ignorance, I missed that. Happy 10mas to you though.

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We should totally make ‘10mas’ a thing!

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And on the 10th day of 10mas my true love gave to me...

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I think Jews should celebrate Xukkah.

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Happy 10ukkah to all.

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Nay. It is stupid sounding and seems disrespectful.

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Yeah, what's up with those lazy mxtherfxckers?

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"The Greek word for Christ is Christós, and the first letter of Christós is Chi. In Greek, the word for “Christ” is Χριστός. Written in the Greek alphabet, Chi is essentially the same as the English letter Χ, according to YourDictionary.com. Over time, X became an abbreviation for Christ, and Christmas became Xmas."

Yea. I think it's cool to write Greek.

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Nay. I understand it's not necessarily a "slam" against Christianity...but, the late, great Greg Lake and Pete Sinfield wrote the great song "I Believe In Father Christmas" (not "Xmas"). I just like seeing"Christmas" more than I do "Xmas"... just personal preference for me.

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Yeah, "Christmas" looks like a nice, complete, pronounceable word, whereas Xmas looks like someone count be bothered to check the spelling.

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Considering that Christmas is more a secular consumerist holiday now, I don't see a problem.

The quintessential Christian holiday has always been Easter. And the Easter Bunny is a pagan daemon.

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I don't think it's a problem, I just think it looks dumb. It looks like it's trying to be cool.

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i say definitely nay..
it be Christmas all the way.

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