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Urban Legends Reference Pages: Holidays (Xmas) abbreviation of 'Xmas' for 'Christmas' is neither modern nor disrespectful. Hence 'Xmas' is indeed perfectly legitimate abbreviation for the word 'Christmas' (just as 'Xian' is also sometimes used as an abbreviation of the word 'Christian'). None of this means that Christians (and others) aren't justified in feeling slighted when people write 'Xmas' rather than 'Christmas,' but the point is that the abbreviation was not created specifically for the purpose of demeaning Christ, Christians, Christianity, or Christmas -- it's a very old artifact of a very different language. www.snopes.com /holidays/christmas/xmasabbr.asp   (105 words)

How The Marines Saved Xmas! Nobody told me there was not going to be a Xmas this year, but I thought he was mistaken. "Xmas is such a big holiday you need lots of holly to celebrate it, but the cold snap last winter killed most of the holly, and there just wasn’t enough for Xmas. So we decided that since Xmas was the biggest holiday, if we cancelled Xmas we would have enough holly for all of the other holidays. www.azkidsnet.com /timmy.htm   (2857 words)

Prophetic word for today - Xmas under judgment Xmas trees have been banned from public places; public schools have prohibited the singing of xmas carols in year-end school events; I even know of one public school that sent a student home because he arrived at a school party dressed as santa-claus. The institutionalization of xmas has created a tremendous social pressure that makes it "unpopular" not to celebrate it; the believers who do not celebrate xmas are forced to give difficult explanations to their young children as to why satan (oops... I used to celebrate xmas myself, but, as God made me aware of the pagan origins of xmas and of how the "xmas spirit" is contradictory to His Nature, I stopped celebrating it. shamah-elim.info /p_xmas.htm   (5062 words)

Is God Against Christmas? Christians should not celebrate Christmas because of the name of the holiday, because of the commercialization of the observance, because of the use of the abbreviation Xmas, because Christmas trees are condemned in the Bible and because December 25th is the wrong date. You see, the X in Xmas did not originate as our English alphabet's X but as the symbol X in the Greek alphabet, called Chi, with a hard ch. Some may use Xmas today as an unchristian shortcut for Christmas, but the ancient abbreviation by no means originated as such. answers.org /issues/isgodaginxmas.html   (2078 words)

iCampus: Projects: XMAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) XMAS — the iCampus Cross Media Annotation System — provides tools to enhance the use of video and image collections in humanities courses and in any subject in which precise reference to visual materials is needed. Developed in conjunction with MIT's Shakespeare Electronic Archive project, XMAS has been used in MIT Shakespeare and Shakespeare on Film classes, with collaborators at Vanderbilt and other universities, and in distance seminars organized by the Shakespeare Association of America. XMAS can be used in conjunction with image and text collections, and is currently optimized for use with commercially available DVDs as video source. icampus.mit.edu /projects/xmas.shtml   (256 words)

Tweed Coast hinterland Xmas (Christmas) accommodation vacancies northern nsw, Australia Xmas in the Tweed Region of Northern Rivers NSW Australia Both the main house private guest wing and the Cottage are fully air-conditioned with split system, reverse cycle air-conditioning so guests can control their preferred temperature. Please note that there is a 3 night minimum minimum for the Xmas and New Year period, with a two night minimum for the remainder of December and January. hillcrestbb.com /xmas.html   (885 words)

The Origin of "Xmas" But the fact that the use of "Xmas" can be associated so easily with crass commercialization rather than locating it within the Christian tradition itself reveals a lack of understanding of heritage and history. But those factors do not take away the thoroughly Christian origin of the word "Xmas." In this instance, all of the hype and hysteria over supposedly taking Christ out of Christmas by writing "Xmas" instead of spelling out "Christmas" is both uninformed and misdirected. Even Webster’s dictionary acknowledges that the abbreviation Xmas was in common use by the middle of the sixteenth century. www.cresourcei.org /symbols/xmasorigin.html   (1202 words)

XMAS at ABR Was at Mazatlan last XMAS and were treated to fireworks on the beach and the children of the staff doing a 'very moving' nativity procession through the resort's restaurant with all the lights turned off. Xmas Eve is the big day for the Mexicans. Xmas day was the busiest at the beach, because a bunch of stuff is closed. www.locogringo.com /forums/tm.asp?m=392570   (625 words)

Xmas tree animation - from the politically incorrect alphabet The abbreviation 'Xmas' is however offensive to some Christians**. That seems like a pointless waste of time to me. And strangely beautiful, the needles tokens of life's fleeting span, the bare branches the eternal underlying form that blah di blah... For the pedants among you, 'Xmas' can be argued not to be a 'disrespectful' abbreviation but a traditional one, the 'X' from the Roman alphabet representing not the crucifixion but instead the Greek letter 'Chi' (pronounced 'ky' to rhyme with 'sky'), which itself is the first letter of 'Christ' in Greek. homepage.ntlworld.com /watson-jones/alphabet/xmas.html   (311 words)

The Mavens' Word of the Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The written shortening Xmas for "Christmas" is quite old, and is part of a large group of abbreviations based on Greek letters. The use of Xmas for "Christmas" is first found in the sixteenth century, in the slightly expanded spelling X'temmas; the Xmas form was in use by the eighteenth century. We should note that Xmas and other X abbreviations were usually found in the writings of educated people who knew their Greek. www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19981223   (366 words)

xmas wreaths : All information.about xmas wreaths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Soldiers xmas wreaths both sides xmas wreaths began to sing Christmas carols that advocation the event. Many Christians also display a small re-creation of the Julian xmas wreaths These dates are alone xmas wreaths the attentive account of Jesus' birth and death xmas wreaths still debated. Allhallows has xmas wreaths aspects, both religious and secular, including the ESP of gifts, Santa Claus, decoration and display of the event. allchristmassite.us /xmas/xmas-wreaths.html   (273 words)

Xmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the spelling "Xmas", used as an abbreviation for "Christmas". "Xmas" and "Xmas" are common abbreviations of the word "Christmas". Indeed, X-as-chi was associated with Christ long before X-as-cross could be, since the cross as a Christian symbol developed later. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xmas   (732 words)

MIT iCampus: Xmas XMAS is based on the idea that humanities education is increasingly multimedia in character. We now need to reference film segments and images as rapidly and precisely as we can turn the pages of a printed book to find a marked passage to discuss or incorporate into an essay. XMAS allows users to rapidly define segments of film which can be replayed by clicking on automatically created links that can be saved in a list or dragged and dropped into discussion threads or online essays. icampus.mit.edu /xmas   (266 words)

Tacky Xmas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) That was the official motto of Richmond, Virginia's Tacky Xmas Decoration Contest and Grand Highly Illuminated House Tour. It began as a sneaky way to find out where the biggest, brightest, and gaudiest Xmas decorations were. If you know of any good photos of or sites about the biggest, the best, the most ostentatious Xmas displays, please let me know. www.maddogproductions.com /xmas.htm   (492 words)

Welcome To BM 28 — ESRF Based on which role you have, you get a selection of skins that you can switch between. As well as standard scintillator detectors, a MAR CCD is also available. Sample environment ranges from 1 K to 800 K and a 1 Tesla magnet for use in vertical and horizontal scattering geometries is also available. A 4 Tesla superconducting magnet for horizontal and vertical scattering geometries is also available. XmaS is a project of Warwick and Liverpool Universities, funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council www.esrf.eu /UsersAndScience/Experiments/CRG/BM28   (218 words)

33 days til xmas It doesn't cost a thing to have a good plan, and when you are working with budget ideas, this is what pulls your ideas together, and makes everything you do look purposeful, and personal. Cut Xmas shapes out of felt in miniature, mini stockings, holly leaves, mittens, and string together with needle and floss or strong fishing line to hang all over the house. Saved used dryer sheets are perfect for this kind of stuffing, or even tiny fabric scraps that are too small for other uses. journals.aol.com /lildarlindazzle/ALilHolidayCheer/entries/2004/11/22/33-days-til-xmas/235   (1350 words)

The Neutral Planet: Futurama In Words > Xmas Story Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Zoidberg puts down a box marked "Xmas Decorations" and cuts the tape with his claw. The Xmas tree is in the middle of the room. Leela kicks him and the rest of the staff use the Xmas tree to push him and his sleigh into the chimney. www.geocities.com /theneutralplanet/transcripts/season2/2ACV04.html   (2663 words)

WHAT XMAS WOULD BE LIKE IF IT WAS A JEWISH HOLIDAY Non-Orthodox) who hold that Xmas is only one day long, and any context which seems otherwise actually refers to the Xmas season. We were slaves to our employers, working seven days a week with no benefits, and then the unions were organized, and decreed a five-day workweek and many holidays in the end of the year. There are four types of children who ask questions on Xmas: the wise one, the bad one, the simple one, and the one who does not know to ask. userpages.umbc.edu /~jb7/Classic/jewishxmas.htm   (3286 words)

xmas - OneLook Dictionary Search Xmas : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] Phrases that include xmas: 3rd xmas, durango xmas agate, happy xmas, xmas cake, xmas demos, more... Words similar to xmas: christmas, christmas day, dec 25, more... www.onelook.com /?w=xmas&ls=a   (194 words)

Xmas for Half-Life - Mod DB But Xmas WILL get ported to HL 2 for sure. Well it still has a couple of months till xmas maybe you should updates, especially since "HL2 is going to be released this yer" *coughliescough*, still would be good tho that way no one thinks this is dead. Since the only time Xmas is played is during the holidays, theres not much point in updating it. mods.moddb.com /21/xmas   (358 words)

happy xmas : All information.about happy xmas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Claus.The current tradition in happy xmas Latin American countries (such as Venezuela) holds that while Santa makes happy xmas toys, he then gives them to the calendar as a Yule festival. based on the ungodly use happy xmas idols was the worship of idols was the worship of some invisible god such as god. I have an information on the happy xmas the happy xmas is well! allchristmassite.us /xmas/happy-xmas.html   (219 words)

Sheet Music Plus - xmas Search Results Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Performed by John Lennon. Celine Dion: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Performed by Celine Dion, words and music by John Lennon, arranged by Mark Bymer, words and music by Yoko Ono. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Performed by Celine Dion. www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/phrase.html?id=71680&phrase=xmas   (375 words)

Xmas Story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet1.scs.cs.nyu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) "Xmas Story" is the 4th episode in season 2 of Futurama. While on a ski trip, Fry begins to feel nostalgic for 20th century Christmases. To cheer him up, the rest of the Planet Express staff decide to decorate for what is now called Xmas, which includes cutting down an Xmas tree (which are now coconut palms). en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Xmas_Story   (661 words)

R-Xmas The heart of the film is the drop dead sexy Drea De Matteo who, as the mother and real head of the family, commands every scene. R Xmas offers a poetic and profane ambiguity that's vintage Ferrara. Admirers of director Abel Ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature, R Xmas, marks a modest if encouraging return to form. www.rottentomatoes.com /m/rxmas   (571 words)

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Become.com - Shop results for angel xmas ornaments Ornaments of blessed beauty: alabastrite angels with pink-tinted wings, rosy accents, and a touch of glitter for seasonal sparkle. Absolutely glorious for your Christmas tree, this ornament has alabastrite angels and the Christ child surrounded by amber-colored glass with a... Let heaven and nature sing ~ These little Angel Ornaments come in a set of 4 heavenly hand painted ornaments, with wire accessories to be sure to... www.become.com /shop?q=angel+xmas+ornaments   (260 words)

Bubble Xmas for PocketPC | Download Free Bubble Xmas for Pocket PC | Realore Studios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Shoot three or more Xmas bubbles of the same color to blow them up. If you are a keen shooter, you will clear the whole playing field and win! All support questions for Bubble Xmas should be submitted via our Support form. www.realore.com /pocket/bubblexmas   (109 words)

eBay - box xmas, Holiday, Seasonal, Decorative Collectibles items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) PS3 us version new in box ready for xmas ship same day Lego Bulk box 500 pieces brand new for xmas present. Winnie the Pooh musicle xmas ornament NEW in box search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=box+xmas&newu=1&krd=1   (524 words)

Xmas News News about Xmas continually updated from thousands of sources around the net. Jim Jones Set to Release New Holiday Album, 'A Dipset Xmas,' on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 NEW YORK, NY - Hot on the heels of his chart-busting album, "Hustler's P.O.M.E.," KOCH Records recording artist, Jim... The Virgin Mobile Chrismahanukwanzaka promotion in the U.S. has been getting its share of attention for its whimsical take on America's multi-culty holiday season. www.topix.net /who/xmas   (645 words)

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