Merry Christ-X!

There has always been heated debates on whether use of the abbreviation "Xmas" takes the "Christ" out of "Christmas."

Some argue strongly against using a letter in place of sweetest Name of all.

In 2005, Franklin Graham weighed in on the matter during an interview on CNN's American Morning show:

"...for us as Christians, this is one of the most holy of the holidays, the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. And for people to take Christ out of Christmas. They're happy to say merry Xmas. Let's just take Jesus out. And really, I think, a war against the name of Jesus Christ."

Others point out that the letter "X" was frequently used for "Christ" historically.

Doug Gray has a load of information on his site of Christian symbols:

CHI RHO – 1. This monogram is the oldest known monogram of Jesus Christ dating back to the second century. It is sometimes referred to as a Christogram. The Chi (χ = ch) and the Rho (ρ = r) are the first three letters of Christ (Christos) in the Greek language. They are frequently found carved in the catacombs, on tombs and in wall paintings.

Even if there is nothing historically wrong with representing Christ with the letter "X," I tend to lean towards Graham's position.

The world today is so ignorant and full of hate and malice towards anything Christian.

Secularists and atheists can't change Christmas, but surely relish "X-cluding" the King of Glory.

However, there are many who innocently just use it interchangeably with "Christmas".

And most of these people don't have a problem with a holiday celebrating Jesus' birthday.

So today, I present to you a solution:

CHRIST-X.

If "Christmas" is such a long word that it necessitates shortening, let's X out the least important part of the word: "mas".

Take the "mas" out of Christmas.

Christmas.

Sure, it's different, and will take some time to catch on.

Some people will not get it at first, and will need an explanation.

But I say, let's do it.

Who's with me?