Christmas Tree Blog

Xmas Trees
We all know what a Christmas tree is, but an X-mas Tree? Where the term X-mas come from anyway, I thought Christmas was about Christ. Well some people think that it was just easier and naturally came into use. Others think that an X represents the cross that Christ died on. Neither of these are true, as Christ was crucified on a cross or a “t”. X-mas or sometimes pronounced as “eksmas” came from handwriting abbreviations for the original word “Christmas”.

Long before the term “X-mas” ever came about people shortened the word “Christ” and was written as “XP” or “Xt”. Some references to this fact date back as far as 1021 AD.The greek word Χριστος means Christ and is in part where X-mas came from. X has long been an abbreviation for the word “Christ”.
For example, in the original manuscript of the New Testament X was used as an abbreviation for Christos. There is simple history to explain where this terminology came from. Despite this fact there are many who believe this to be an Atheist conspiracy or a ploy to make Christmas politically correct. In the

United States especially there has been attempts to secularize Christmas and exploit it as a holiday for selling gifts rather than focusing on the true spirit of Christmas which is generosity, giving and love. This year when you’re buying your “X-mas tree” try to remember what Christmas is all about.

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