XMAS

 

I have always hated the use of Xmas instead of Christmas and in fact I always believed it to be a vulgar Americanism.

Well, I was wrong The Xmas abbreviation for Christmas is in fact of Greek origin as The Greek word for Christ is Xristos.

It was sometime during the 16th century that Europeans began abbreviating Christ’s name with and "X" in Christmas as a form of shorthand for the word.

The 16^th century Christians at that time would have understood that X stood for Christ's name.

Unlike 21^st century Christians who don’t understand Greek and think using the word "Xmas" is disrespectful or just one more vulgar Americanism.