Today's Sermon on the Blog:Put The X Back in Xmas, Damn It!

Xmas

SYLLABICATION: X·mas
PRONUNCIATION: kris'mus
NOUN: Christmas.
ETYMOLOGY: From X, the Greek letter chi, first letter of Greek Khrstos, Christ. See Christ.
USAGE NOTE: Xmas has been used for hundreds of years in religious writing, where the X represents a Greek chi, the first letter of , “Christ.” In this use it is parallel to other forms like Xtian, “Christian.” But people unaware of the Greek origin of this X often mistakenly interpret Xmas as an informal shortening pronounced (ksms). Many therefore frown upon the term Xmas because it seems to them a commercial convenience that omits Christ from Christmas.


Greek Cross

Noun- Greek cross - a cross with each of the four arms the same length
cross - a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry.

Christos- the anointed one. The Greek word begins with the Greek letter X.

Thus Endeth Today's Sermon on the Blog.

Go forth today, knowing that the Falwellites and the Dobsonites hope you're stupid when they weep and wail that you're dissing Jesus when you write Merry Xmas.

And demand that they teach their flocks the truth.

I mean it, damn it!

File this under: There are wolves amidst the sheep, y'all!