From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!mitccc!svw Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: X in Christmas Article-I.D.: mitccc.251 Posted: Mon Jan 10 01:00:46 1983 Received: Mon Jan 10 03:59:17 1983 The "X" in Xmas is not a commercial shorthand, but a religious one. It's some sort of Greek symbol for Christ, I believe.