Please check this out to end this thread FOREVER!! http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/xmasabbr.htm Snopes has all the myths on everything documented. Thanx!! =========================== From: "Peggy Sue Jones" <jambawoman@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: IML: Hi everyone Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:25:19 -0800 Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 :<( ==================================== Dan Wing Marcy, NY USA imp1983@xxxxxxxx ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com