Peggy That might have been the case in the very distant past but nowadays it means to cross out Christ from Christmas, even though intentions might have been good it doesn't take away from the fact that it is a slight to a majority of people in this country, I would never think of slighting another persons belief though I'm sure in this case it was not intended. Mopar Don 59 Crown 60 Crown 65 Crown plus 19 other Mopars ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Sue Jones" <jambawoman@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 10:25 AM Subject: Re: IML: Hi everyone > Personally, I am like you, Don, and I can't possibly imagine not > spelling Christmas out completely. To me, using X-mas seems like leaving > Christ out of Christmas, and He's "the Reason for the season". If I'm not > mistaken, however, X-mas is also "acceptable" in light of the fact early > Christians were forced to use various "codes" in order to avoid persecution, > and I am inclined to believe that may be where the X-mas comes into play. > > jambawoman > 1967 Chrysler Imperial > sadly, not running with a drained battery :<( > > > >From: "Don Nonnweiler" <dnonnwei@xxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: IML: Hi everyone > >Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 06:03:15 -0600 > > > >Doesn't anyone celebrate Christmas anymore instead of xmas > >just my politcally incorrect opinion,but it just does not seem right > >Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Sigtún > > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 12:21 AM > > Subject: IML: Hi everyone > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone,! > > > > From us here in Iceland in the middle of the north Atlatic Ocean > > > > A merry X-mass and a Happy New Year > > > > Greetings from > > Hlynur and Hanna > > Sigtun@xxxxxxxx > > > > Imperial LeBaron 1962 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > >