I hate Xmas......

Really,

it seriously bothers me when people abbreviate Christmas as Xmas. When you do, you take Christ out of the holiday and help add to the commercialized and secular nature of some Christmas celebraters.

I understand that the source of the date for Christmas comes from various other celebrations, including pagan ones, but i hardly think that if Christmas was celebrated in september or october without the giving of gifts that the Winter Solistice or whatever pagan holiday was orginally in december would hold the same commercial sway.

So, leave Christ in Christmas. Unless of course you're a pagan or athiest, in which case, i don't expect you to be sharing gifts, singing carols or decorating trees.

Kitso
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