... The Meaning of Xmas

Nobody has actually mentioned this but recently I began using Xmas almost exclusively when talking about the Saturnalian end of year festival.

It always used to bug me seeing the pseudo-abbreviated version of Christmas everywhere and I went out of my way to spell it out in full rather than use the crass commercialised version of the word.

Then a couple of months back it occurred to me that I actually do think Xmas is a crass and commercialised holiday with only a token connection to the Christ part of it's origin.

After slapping myself silly, I decided to switch to using Xmas, the crass commercialised shortening, when I am talking about the crass commercialised holiday.

I know this may earn me the ire of those, like Mr Prada, who hate Xmas (only the abbreviation I think, but you never know...) but hopefully it will be the first step on their path to enlightenment.


ps. It may not be clear above that I think Xmas is a crass commercialised holiday so I better tell you - I think Xmas is a crass commercialised holiday


pps. hey, crass is one of those words that after you write it a few times it begins to look really weird and not like a real word at all. They ought to have a word for that.
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