{"id":20957,"date":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20957"},"modified":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","slug":"xmas-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/xmas-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Debates B\u00edblicos: Usar \u2018Xmas\u2019 \u00e9 desrespeitoso para com os crist\u00e3os?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>What does Xmas actually mean? &quot;Xmas&quot; is simply an abbreviation of the word &quot;Christmas.&quot; The &quot;X&quot; in Xmas is not actually an English letter X rather represents the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ - &quot;Christos.&quot; Thus, Xmas quite literally means &quot;Christ-mas.&quot; This use of the Greek letter Chi to represent Christ has a long and sacred history in our Christian tradition. 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