Political correctness is ruining Christmas, an ancient, beautiful holiday about love and true tolerance.
Yes, you're right, it's Christmas. We use a lot of short forms with very bad English on local forums. Chinese New Year is also usually shortened to CNY here.
OK. Here we go: Xmas (also X-mas) is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas. It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but Xmas, and variants such as Xtemass, originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation /ˈkrɪsməs/. The "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Christós (Χριστός), which became Christ in English.[1] The suffix -mas is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass.[2] There is a common misconception that the word Xmas stems from a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas[3] by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas", but its use dates back to the 16th century. Lots more fascinating history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas p.s. and anyone interested might like to pursue the Winter Solstice, its timing and significance in ancient cultures, along with its use by the early Church to attach Christianity to a popular and most significant pagan festival.
Winter Solstice is a very important east asian festival. If it is celebrated by the church, it will be an interesting festival celebrated both in the east and west.
Only the fanatics take religion serious or as literal truth anyway, or those that lack critical reasoning skills. To many it's just tradition.
1) I wish I got popcorn for Christmas. 2) I mean... Xmas LOL. Nice one @STKR . I gave you 2 LIKES for that. _JOHNLGALT. We call that 'having 2 bob each way'. p.s. I hope you had a HAPPY CHRISTmas.
yep, was just about to write that xmas only predates political correctness by a few hundred years. how's the silver price going?
A commenter I follow believes that silver might repeat what it did early this year, rising into Jan and then slamming down again before the real spike to $20 in H2 2020. While I won’t put much weight on this comment but it’s not impossible. Another year of zigzagging to throw off more stackers?
HAPPY CHRISTmas to you too COURT CLOWN. Jeez, it's been pleasant having you on my NO-SEE LIST. I slipped up & checked the thread without logging in. I hope, amongst your NEW YEAR's RESOLUTIONS, is one to GROW UP. _JOHNLGALT.
I think it's a good time of year for self reflection. But remember, the behaviors or qualities we dislike in others, is a reflection of the behaviors and qualities we dislike within ourselves. We are all at different stages of growth in different areas of our lives. Teacher's and students are not defined by age and personal growth can come from unsuspecting places. The truth is, being kind and respectful in your approach is more likely to lead to desirable and mutually beneficial outcomes, than being spiteful and vindictive. Sometimes it's simply better to walk the higher ground than to lower yourself to the same standard that you disapprove of in others. I love you all! You're my people and for the first time in many "Woke" years, I feel like there's hope for all of us moving forward. We need each other and shouldn't take the opportunity forums like SS create for us all, for granted. We should take this opportunity to unite, rather than focus on our trivial differences.
@STKR whilst we are pontificating here on the future of Silver & the Future of mankind I'd just like to put my 2 bobs worth in. LINK to the narration by Les Crane.