by Ivy Guinto Fernandez on Friday, December 24, 2010 at 10:22am
I just can't help but feel sad whenever I see people write XMAS, for I really can't see any sense in writing it- how should one read it? Isn't XMAS read as it is? X-MAS? When did the letter X ever sounded like Christ? When did X ever mean Christ? Isn't it we were taught to write as we pronounce it when we were still little tots who can barely write or spell properly? So even if I try and try my best to recall when did X ever sounded like Christ I really can't ....or did we remove Christ from Christmas since we X-ed him out of the word that was coined because of HIM? It seems most people have lost the real meaning of Christmas - thus the word is written haphazardly or carelessly as X-MAS.....has Christmas been so commercialized that we have forgotten that the focus is not the parties nor the gifts nor the rituals or traditions associated with it but rather the focal point of Christmas is CHRIST's birth- His coming into this world to save us!
Parents, let us teach our children the true meaning of Christmas and let us start with writing it correctly..there are no shortcuts to Christmas- it took all of God's love and mercy towards us to send His only Son Jesus Christ, so let us show respect and deep gratitude for what God has given us and for what Christ has done for us.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope to see less of X and more of Christ in all of our posts.....
God bless us! Indeed God is merciful and kind and has shown mercy and grace towards all of us!
May the Spirit of Christmas be always in our hearts!
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