Just read on FB that the letter "x" is anti-Christmas...

[cynatnite]

Let the silliness begin.

[slackmaster]

1. There's only one appropriate response to such silliness

More silliness.

[jberryhill]

2. Morons

The "X" in Xmas is the Greek letter "chi" which is the same symbol in that fish on the back of their car.

?????ό? - Christos

These nitwits don't even know Christian history.

[cynatnite]

6. I didn't know that either. Thanks for the education :) n/t

[jberryhill]

15. They think Paul wrote in English, I guess

[DBoon]

3. tell it to these guys

[waddirum]

23. they're still around

I saw them a year ago at the Voodoo Experience festival in New Orleans.

I also read an interview with members of X, where they claim that they draw more attendance at shows now than they ever did in the early 80s.

[RKP5637]

4. I remember years ago I had a teacher that went on a rampage because someone had used

Merry Xmas on a card making assignment in the first grade. As a little kid I thought WTF, OK, OK, but no need to get red in the face and scream for 15 minutes. ... of course, she was a battle axe to begin with ...

[yewberry]

5. That person probably never studied Greek.

You could suggest that every time an X occurs, we should spell out 'Christ.'

We'd be playing Christylophones and getting all eChristcited for (and eChristhausted by) our holiday shopping.

[cynatnite]

7. ....

[JohnnyRingo]

8. I've been criticized for using Xmas.

I was told it's a way to avoid using the name Christ when spelling the holiday. Probably right, so I do it more now.

I was pretty ambivalent about people's religion all my life until my youngest son turned Witness. Now I miss seeing my grandchildren and have great resentment toward those who want me to change in order to preserve their beliefs.

[jberryhill]

13. It IS Christ's name in the Greek New Testament

????? (Ichthys) is an acronym for "Ί???ῦ? ?????ό?, ???ῦ ?ἱό?, ???ή?", (Iēsous Christos, Theou Yios, Sōtēr), which translates into English as "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior".

How these people don't know that X is a dual symbol for Christ - both as an initial and sign of the cross - is amazing.

[JohnnyRingo]

22. Don't rob me of my spiteful joy

LOL. Just kidding, but I'll remember that in case I have to hear again about how I'm shattering someone's belief.

[underpants]

9. I remember that from the 70's - that was the beginning of the "War on Christmas"

their war so as to make themselves look like victims.

[northoftheborder]

10. There was an excellent post about the history of the X in Xmas....

I cannot find it; I thought it was on DU. It has historically been used to stand for the word "Christ" by leaders in the church. It comes from the Greek language....

[99Forever]

11. Since I'm thoroughly convinced...

.. that neither fairy tales or magic are real, I'll be certain to always use the English "x" from now on when referring to Xmas.

Thanks for the info.

[Arugula Latte]

12. Oooh, you'll piss off some of the Xtians if you do that.

[99Forever]

14. Not my intent...

... just a very pleasing side effect.

[hootinholler]

16. Have they been watching Futurama

[cali]

17. This message is brought to you by the letter "y"

[riderinthestorm]

18. I also have heard that the X was the symbol used to mark where secret services were located

back when the Christians were persecuted.

Its actually got a ton of meaning for Christians and they reject it out of ignorance (which shouldn't surprise me actually).

[cynatnite]

19. Someone on FB pointed out that the illiterate used it during medieval times. n/t

[NashvilleLefty]

20. Help keep the X in Xmas!

for those old enough to remember that "crusade".

[RomneyLies]

21. Political elections may be the "silly season"

but this war on Christmas nonsense is the silliest season of all.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. These people obviously don't know the history of their own church.

The Greek letter X or chi is the first letter of the word Christos and was often used by early Christians to signify their faith. Xmas is just an abbreviation, not an elimination of Christ.