Christmas Linebacker

[Mayflower1]

Merry CHRISTmas Everyone! Bless y'all and have a most bless day.

Description: football player who tackles people who say "Xmas"

 

[Occams Barber]

Merry CHRISTmas Everyone! Bless y'all and have a most bless day.

Description: football player who tackles people who say "Xmas"

Your Linebacker pals could do with a little education.

The term Xmas is not a modern abbreviation. It's been around since, at least, the 16th century and is based on the Greek letter chi, long used as an acceptable abbreviation for "Christ"

Why Is "Christmas" Abbreviated As "Xmas"? - Dictionary.com
Where did Xmas come from?
But, the history of the word Xmas is actually more respectable—and fascinating—than you might suspect. First of all, the abbreviation predates (by centuries) its use in gaudy advertisements. It was first used in the mid-1500s. X represents the Greek letter chi, the initial letter in the word Χριστός (Chrīstos). And what does Χριστός mean? “(Jesus) Christ.” X has been an acceptable representation of the word Christ for hundreds of years. (And why would people need to abbreviate Christ? Well, the word is very widely written.)

Other abbreviations for Christ include Xt and Xp, the P here representing the Greek letter rho, source of our letter R. A stylized version of the Greek chi (X) and rho (P) is ☧, a symbol of Christ called a Christogram.

In the same vein, the dignified terms Xpian and Xtian have been used in place of the word Christian.
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OB

 

[d taylor]

Your Linebacker pals could do with a little education.

The term Xmas is not a modern abbreviation. It's been around since, at least, the 16th century and is based on the Greek letter chi, long used as an acceptable abbreviation for "Christ"

Why Is "Christmas" Abbreviated As "Xmas"? - Dictionary.com
Where did Xmas come from?
But, the history of the word Xmas is actually more respectable—and fascinating—than you might suspect. First of all, the abbreviation predates (by centuries) its use in gaudy advertisements. It was first used in the mid-1500s. X represents the Greek letter chi, the initial letter in the word Χριστός (Chrīstos). And what does Χριστός mean? “(Jesus) Christ.” X has been an acceptable representation of the word Christ for hundreds of years. (And why would people need to abbreviate Christ? Well, the word is very widely written.)

Other abbreviations for Christ include Xt and Xp, the P here representing the Greek letter rho, source of our letter R. A stylized version of the Greek chi (X) and rho (P) is ☧, a symbol of Christ called a Christogram.

In the same vein, the dignified terms Xpian and Xtian have been used in place of the word Christian.
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OB

I watch the whole video and did not see one time where there was a reference by these people that xmas is a contemporary idea.

So really what are you arguing about.

 

[Mayflower1]

I think xmas carries negative connotation to it to a lot of people, but this was made to be a joke to just remember to remember Christ. To me it isn't about the presents, but His presence. I'm not much of a linebacker, but I pray for those who need Jesus in their lives. So y'all have a very Merry Christmas. I hope at least a few of you thought it was funny. It was shown at my church this past week and was cracking up.