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How did “Christmas” end up being “Xmas”? [duplicate]
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Why do some words have “X” as a substitute?
I went to Online Etymology and this is what I found:
"Christmas," 1551, X'temmas, wherein the X is an abbreviation for ...
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Why is it “Merry” Christmas, but “Happy” New Year?
Happy Christmas just sounds wrong to my American ear. (I do get that it is customary in England.) Merry New Year, equally so. Of the two, Christmas is the younger holiday and yet its greeting seems ...
