The origin of Christmas is the birth of Jesus, so the word Christmas hides the name of Jesus. Sometimes, Christmas is simply abbreviated as Xmas.

Some people say that in modern western countries, Christmas has gradually evolved from a religious festival to a public festival celebrated by non-believers. As for those non-Christians, in order to distinguish them from Catholics and other Christians, they invented the word Xmas and turned the word Christ into an unknown X in mathematical equations. Xmas still sounds like Christmas, but its meaning is to show that you are not a Christian.

But in fact, as early as the Middle Ages, priests and monks used the abbreviation Xmas when copying scriptures. This word was widely used in16th century and was not invented by modern people.

The real reason for shortening Christmas to Christmas is that the earliest Bible, the New Testament, was written in Greek. The letter of Christ in ancient Greek is Chi, and the Greek letter Chi is written like X in the English alphabet.

Real Christmas greetings

1, White Christmas

It usually snows around Christmas in foreign countries. There is a warm fireplace in the house, and the outside is white. If you are looking forward to such a warm Christmas, you can say: We hope to have a white Christmas.

2. May the world be peaceful and everyone be happy.

It means, pray that the world is full of peace and people treat each other sincerely. Many people think that this sentence represents the most fundamental spirit of Christmas. Besides on greeting cards and signboards in public places, this sentence is often used as a toast at holiday banquets.