Merry Xmas

An informal shortening of the phrase "Merry Christmas." The use of X in place of "Christ" comes from the Greek letter chi, the first letter in the Greek spelling of Christ, Χριστός (Christós). Their card reads, "Merry Xmas, from the Nichols Family." Aw, isn't that nice?

See also: merry, Xmas

See also:

Happy Xmas
Xmas
it's all Chinese to me
frat rat
frat-rat
glutes
you can't step in the same river twice
call a spade a spade
call a spade a spade, to
jot or tittle

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