To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: RE: Xmas
Date sent: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 22:48:50 -0000
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Yes, he is right !

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----- Original Message -----
From: Stewart Manifold
To: <vocalist>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: Xmas


> Having taken Greek in my theology degree I learned that the X in
> Christmas is an abbreviated version signifying Christ.
>
> You may be acquainted with the Chi-Rho an X and P, with the P
> intersecting the X. Chi-Rho are the first two letters of
> Ch-r-i-s-t-o-s. Similarly, the X in Xmas is the Chi. In Greek the
> Ch of Christos is X.
>
> Stewart, basso serioso
>