The Other Election Result: Christmas Starts Now
Exhausted from the presidential campaign, people are blasting carols and putting up the tree; ‘hard to stay sad when Mariah’s singing’
(Wallstreet Journal Nov. 8th)
This Snow Angel recommends embracing the holidays to pull us together.
I transitioned from KamalaDECEPTION to switch off politics.
🎄🦌🎅⛄
Exhausted from the presidential campaign, people are blasting carols and putting up the tree; ‘hard to stay sad when Mariah’s singing’
(Wallstreet Journal Nov. 8th)
This Snow Angel recommends embracing the holidays to pull us together.
I transitioned from KamalaDECEPTION to switch off politics.
🎄🦌🎅⛄
The True Meaning of ‘Xmas’
The snappy, shorthand name for Christmas isn’t a modern innovation but goes back centuries, with roots in the ancient Greek spelling of Christ
Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news.
The snappy, shorthand name for Christmas isn’t a modern innovation but goes back centuries, with roots in the ancient Greek spelling of Christ
Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news.
That was another WSJ article but from last year. Nice to know that "XMas" does not take the Christ out of Christmas.
The abbreviation Xmas for Christmas dates from the mid 16th century. The X is the Greek letter chi, the initial letter in the word Χριστός ( Chrīstos ) “Christ.” In spite of a long and respectable history, today Xmas is offensive to many.
The abbreviation Xmas for Christmas dates from the mid 16th century. The X is the Greek letter chi, the initial letter in the word Χριστός ( Chrīstos ) “Christ.” In spite of a long and respectable history, today Xmas is offensive to many.
