December 22 – Xmas
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The “X” in Xmas comes from the Greek letter Chi. This is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ, which is “Christós.”
December 22, 2021
Some may deem Xmas as an “inappropriate and disrespectful” term, but it has roots dating back to the 1500s. It gets its roots from the Greek letter X, which is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ.