From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!CSvax:mab
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: X in Christmas
Article-I.D.: purdue.485
Posted: Tue Jan 11 18:21:31 1983
Received: Fri Jan 14 02:42:24 1983
References: mitccc.251


The "X" in Xmas is from the Greek for "Christ."  The Greek transliteration
of  "Christ"  begins  with  the character "chi," which is written like the
character "X" in our alphabet.


Matt Bishop
mab@purdue, {decvax|ucbvax}!pur-ee:csvax:mab