Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Xmas is correct ... if you think about it.

Was out shopping last night with Neil. It was good except that we both know too many people, so shopping becomes a social event of stopping and well-wishing. Then we went to Casey's for beer, burger, bowl of soup and bruschetta bread. There are a lot of Xmas signs around these days. Some people find them upsetting because they see the X as removing the Christ from Christmas. But if you look at things in the historical perspective, it's not so bad. X is the Greek letter chi (pronounced ki) and is the accepted ancient Greek letter for "Christ". There is also the suggestion that the letter X is in itself the sign of the cross, thus another accepted symbol for Christ. Also, it was common for Christian monks in the 16th century to write Xmas instead of Christmas in their letters and tapestries.

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