The Revelation Of The Use Of These Words: Christmas and Xmas Is Shocking
The What of Christmas
Christmas is an every year festival remembering the birth of Jesus Christ, observed basically on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations , is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centred around it.
Reason For Christmas
Although the month and date of Jesus' birth are unknown, the church in the early fourth century fixed the date as December. This corresponds to the date of the winter solstice on the Roman calendar. Most Christians celebrate on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar, which has been adopted almost universally in the civil calendars used in countries throughout the world. However, some Eastern Christian Churches celebrate Christmas on December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which currently corresponds to a January date in the Gregorian calendar. For Christians, believing that God came into the world in the form of man to atone for the sins of humanity, rather than knowing Jesus' exact birth date, is considered to be the primary purpose in celebrating Christmas.
Christmas Celebrations
The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian , Christian, and secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving ; completing an Advent calendar or Advent wreath ; Christmas music and caroling ; viewing a Nativity play ; an exchange of Christmas cards ; church services ; a special meal ; and the display of various Christmas decorations , including Christmas trees , Christmas lights , nativity scenes , garlands , wreaths, mistletoe , and holly . In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus , Father Christmas , Saint Nicholas , and Christkind , are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore. Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.
Difference Between The Word “CHRISTMAS” And The Word “X-MASS”
CHRISTMAS is the coming together of two words: “Christ” and “Mass”. Before Christ was born some so many years ago, 25th December used to be PAGAN'S day for SACRIFICES.
Later in the year 533 AD Constantine the head of the then Roman Church which is today the Roman Catholic, changed the day from pagan's day of sacrifices to Jesus Christ's birth commemoration. He called the day “THE MASS FOR CHRIST” that is: CHRISTMAS
1. CHRIST in Hebrew means (The Anointed One) or (The Chosen One)
2. MAS in Greek means “A Big Gathering of People”; thus CHRISTMAS means “The Gathering of Christ” Then, where did the word “X-MASS” come from?
Note!!
Arguably, some say: Xmas is a mere abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), "Christ", though numerous style guides discourage its use. This abbreviation has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός). It’s believed that after the “day of Christ's gathering” {CHRISTMAS}, became famous and respected worldwide, some Atheists and Antichrists decided to change it by removing the name Christ for an “X” to mean that there is no Christ. It changed the meaning by reading “X-MASS” that is to mean "there is no Christ's Gathering".
MERRY CHRIST-MAS AND NOT X-MAS
X is often used 2 designate a person, thing, factor, whose true name is unknown or withheld. It's used to take out, excise, cancel words’ " has nothing to do with "Christ" "The Anointed One," Don't replace Christ with "X". Therefore as a Christian don't use X-MAS but CHRISTMAS.
We might have made this mistake year in year out by wishing people X-Mass instead of CHRISTMAS. Let's all make the correction and be circumspect Christians, after all it require even by the help of “writing suggestion technology” nowadays.
By Francis Aidoo, Accra.
Christmas is an every year festival remembering the birth of Jesus Christ, observed basically on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations , is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centred around it.
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| The Nativity scene (presepe) is seen outside many churches in Italy around Christmas. |
Reason For Christmas
Although the month and date of Jesus' birth are unknown, the church in the early fourth century fixed the date as December. This corresponds to the date of the winter solstice on the Roman calendar. Most Christians celebrate on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar, which has been adopted almost universally in the civil calendars used in countries throughout the world. However, some Eastern Christian Churches celebrate Christmas on December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which currently corresponds to a January date in the Gregorian calendar. For Christians, believing that God came into the world in the form of man to atone for the sins of humanity, rather than knowing Jesus' exact birth date, is considered to be the primary purpose in celebrating Christmas.
Christmas Celebrations
The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian , Christian, and secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving ; completing an Advent calendar or Advent wreath ; Christmas music and caroling ; viewing a Nativity play ; an exchange of Christmas cards ; church services ; a special meal ; and the display of various Christmas decorations , including Christmas trees , Christmas lights , nativity scenes , garlands , wreaths, mistletoe , and holly . In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus , Father Christmas , Saint Nicholas , and Christkind , are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore. Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.
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| Secular Christmas costume |
Difference Between The Word “CHRISTMAS” And The Word “X-MASS”
CHRISTMAS is the coming together of two words: “Christ” and “Mass”. Before Christ was born some so many years ago, 25th December used to be PAGAN'S day for SACRIFICES.
Later in the year 533 AD Constantine the head of the then Roman Church which is today the Roman Catholic, changed the day from pagan's day of sacrifices to Jesus Christ's birth commemoration. He called the day “THE MASS FOR CHRIST” that is: CHRISTMAS
1. CHRIST in Hebrew means (The Anointed One) or (The Chosen One)
2. MAS in Greek means “A Big Gathering of People”; thus CHRISTMAS means “The Gathering of Christ” Then, where did the word “X-MASS” come from?
Note!!
Arguably, some say: Xmas is a mere abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), "Christ", though numerous style guides discourage its use. This abbreviation has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός). It’s believed that after the “day of Christ's gathering” {CHRISTMAS}, became famous and respected worldwide, some Atheists and Antichrists decided to change it by removing the name Christ for an “X” to mean that there is no Christ. It changed the meaning by reading “X-MASS” that is to mean "there is no Christ's Gathering".
MERRY CHRIST-MAS AND NOT X-MAS
X is often used 2 designate a person, thing, factor, whose true name is unknown or withheld. It's used to take out, excise, cancel words’ " has nothing to do with "Christ" "The Anointed One," Don't replace Christ with "X". Therefore as a Christian don't use X-MAS but CHRISTMAS.
We might have made this mistake year in year out by wishing people X-Mass instead of CHRISTMAS. Let's all make the correction and be circumspect Christians, after all it require even by the help of “writing suggestion technology” nowadays.
By Francis Aidoo, Accra.
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