[Spridgets] 67 Progress if anybody cares

David Lieb dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com
Thu Nov 29 10:48:44 MST 2007


> No.  I'm one of the ones who sees it more along the lines of political
> correctness.  I don't much care who I offend or exclude by calling it
> Christmas, even though I don't consider myself to be very religious.

But, the word "Christ" is actually Greek and starts with the letter Chi, 
which resembles an "X". Thus, when we write Xmas, we are not, as some 
fundamentalists would like you to think, "replacing "Christ" with an "X", we 
are merely abbreviating the name in a perfectly acceptable manner.
David Lieb 


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