How many times in the during the next few weeks will the Xmas and Happy Holidays

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Rico JPA

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debate rage? How many times do people need to be told that these things aren't a secular "attack" on Christianity. Both come from England centuries ago. The X in the abbreviation Xmas is the Greek letter Chi, not the Roman X. It's the first letter in Christ, when it's spelled out in Greek. Happy Holidays was a greeting formulated during the reformation when many Puritans were against the celebration of a mass for Christ's birth, but there were also several other holy days and the New Year going on during the season.
 
Despite your informative 'question', I'm sure there will be plenty of people who interpret Xmas or Happy Holidays differently (negatively)'.
About Happy Holidays, I really don't care if they're offended. First, it's a nice enough greeting/phrase and second, if I'm not a Xian but people say 'Merry Xmas' specifically to me, why is that not considered an insult?
As far as the 'X' goes, when I use it, it's for abbreviation purposes only. If they want to be insulted by it when that wasn't the intention, sigh, so be it...you can't please everyone.
 
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