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Originally posted by Lineman101:
Just wondering if the "x" instead of Christ in Christmas is also a war? Just asking...


I mean, the English "X" is just a transliteration of the Greek letter "chi" (i.e. the first letter of Christ's title) and was used for nigh two thousand years as a shorthand for "Christ" by the Church (both the Catholic and the Orthodox versions), often accompanied by a "rho" or a "iota"....


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