What does the X mean when it replaces “Christ” in Christmas?

Posted by on Dec 14, 2011 | 2 comments

This is an issue that I’ve seen many Christians get really worked up over. There’s even a Facebook Page devoted to this with almost 400,000 well-meaning people who have liked it.  In the midst of the season and all of us desiring to engage both people and our culture with the gospel, I thought this would be helpful to post.

Here’s a brief, informative few paragraphs on where the abbreviation “Xmas” came from…

What does the X mean when it replaces Christ in Christmas?

2 Comments

  1. Bob Villines | December 20, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    “X” is not a letter of the English alphabet, but rather
    a symbol for the Greek “Chi”, which in the Greek word
    means anointed, i.e., Christ.

    X is not “x-ing out” Christ, which some believe.

    So, Xmas is keeping Chrisat in Christmas.

  2. josh howerton | December 21, 2011 at 9:45 pm

    Good call, Bob! That’s what the article teases out.