Christmas Xmas

[IluvChristmas]

The word xmas really urks me.

Am I alone?

[MHooch]

Nope, not alone. Me, too.

[Dudley]

Mrs. West, my Grade Four teacher would go balistic over that. And Tim, who was bugged by Mrs. West, would tell her it was the Greek symbol for Christ so it was JUST THE SAME THING and they would be off to the races, and we would have a ten minute break while they went two rounds, no standing eight count..for her it was a foreign commie conspiracy (she used those words, it was the early 70's) to get Christ out of Christmas..but she was on to them, oh, SHE knew...

me? I was into drawing Charlie Brown..Snoopy in particular..lot good at it, too..those little dust ups HELPED..

[EvilMel]

I am in agreement with Tim..



I heard a long time ago that it was an ancient symbol for Christ and that it means the same thing. I don't see what all the fuss is about given that X just means Christ anyways.



I also don't think it's people typing Xmas instead of Christmas who are taking the Christ out of Christmas honestly.

[GreenElf]

Personally I don't mind Xmas but i respect others who feel different. Here is a neat link to some Christmas Facts and the first one explains where the X comes from



http://www.kencollins.com/holy-02t.htm



enjoy!

[EvilMel]

Oh yeah sorry...I wasn't meaning to sound offensive at all.



I just don't get too caught up in things like that.

[MHooch]

Mel, I always love your passion...

[littledollclaudia]

I guess I get to be the TOTALLY unpopular one when I say I celebrate Yule, huh? I do celebrate Christmas too but Yule is for my fiancee and I and Christmas is for the family. It works out beautifully.

[EvilMel]

Thanks Hooch...I totally didn't want to sound like I was trying to completely dismiss you guys' feelings.



I'm glad you didn't take it poorly.



LDC...I'm not even sure I know what the Yule is.

[GreenElf]

oh EvilMel, I didn't think you sound offensive at all and I hope I didn't make you feel that way. No worries...

[BlkAsH]

littledollclaudia - I'm right there with you. I celebrate Yule (Winter Solstice) but also Christmas with the family. Of course I've also participated in Hanukah with some of my Jewish friends too.



I'm sorry that Xmas offends some of you, but I use it a lot and hopefully you can just ignore my usage of it and know that I'm not aiming to offend you when I do use it.

[Dudley]

Claudia, I would have been disappointed to tears if you celebrated anything BUT Yule...you flagrant non conformist, you...Mel and BlkAsh, do it any way you like, just don't call me late for supper..it's about the love, the same as Halloween is about the good times...

[Winnie Sanderson]

I wanna know what Yule is!

[Dudley]

Know you,

YULE love it.

YULE be there on Saturday.

YULE BRENNER, in the King and I.



Okay, okay, sorry. I quit. It's the log that they burned at that time of year to celebrate the season. Now WHY it's named YULE instead of SCHMULE or YO YO I have no idea...but it's still a big deal in parts of Europe, england, along with kissing under misteltoe and wassel punchs, and other things..Christmas is a virtual catalog of customs that have been added on, taken and adapted, or outright stolen from other cultures..

[GreenElf]

Oh misteltoe I love putting that up in my doorway. Does anyone else do that?