Do you ever say the "X" in "X-Mas"?

I guess you could say I keep the “Christ” in Christmas.

When I read it, I read it as such. But don’t use it in conversation. Oh, rarely, sometimes amongst friends, after drinks and such.

Sometimes, to be cute, I will say ex-muss.

I pronounce it as I would Christmas. That is, I do not pronounce the X as “Christ”. It sounds like “krissmuss”.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone pronounce it as “exmuss”; the X is just a symbol for Christ, anyway.

Yep. That’s how you say it. It’s written right there—x-mas.

I have, on rare occasion among friends, said “X-Mas” as an abbreviation.
Writing it used to really peeve me, but I’m over that.

I heard “X-Mas” said somewhere, publicly, recently and I was mildly shocked. On the radio maybe?

I would, but then no one would understand me.

Once in a blue moon I probably have said “X” mas. I can’t think of a specific time, but it wouldn’t surprise me. The same way I might say other shortened text type of words, abbreviations, or acronyms.

Interesting. I’m asking because Germans say “X-Mas” all the time, but I have never heard an English speaker say it.

Though I have never actually said it, as a retort to fundamentalists, I have thought to myself that we should keep the X in Xmas.

@longgone Growing up we wrote it all the time. This is way before texting. Now, in the last ten years there has been a backlash of Christians freaking out about it, so I tend to write out Christmas all the way, because now I know more Evangelical Christians than ever before in my life (and some of them are Facebook friends with me) because I lived in the Bible Belt 8 years.

I write it out partly out of respect for them, and partly because they already know I’m politically liberal, Jewish, and I don’t need them twisting the use of Xmas as some sort of antiChristian thing. Some of their preachers and people in their community already think Christians are being oppressed and persecuted in America. It’s absurd, but they are all worked up about it in their own heads. The idea of actually saying Xmas to someone’s face who might be offended, it isn’t worth the risk. Even though being offended by it is ridiculous, but that group tends to be easily offended.

That’s very interesting about Germans saying “X-mas”. @longgone I never thought of it as anything other than an American quick. I remember having heard that it was an ad-men trick to shorten the word in the 1950’s or 60’s.
Seems that’s not true. Use dates To the 16th century. So it makes sense that the Germans were accustomed to it before America existed.

I have a habit of thinking, “Well, that puts the X in X-mas!”, @LostInParadise.
I have long history of entertaining myself with words.

@JLeslie Interesting. Never thought about X-Mas offending anyone.

@ibstubro Thanks for the link!

@longgone Some of our fundamental, or Evangelical Christians, have decided writing X is a covert way of trying to take Christ out of Christmas and secularize our nation. Keep in mind some is still a huge number in the US. Easily 30 million people, so we hear about it on Facebook and the social media. We have had debates about it here on Fluther more than once.

^ Astonishing.

Paranoia and peer pressure help that attitude along about the X and the idea that liberals, atheists, and the federal government are trying to get rid of Christianity. It’s ridiculous.

Maybe my estimate of 30million is high about the Xmas thing. Still, it’s enough that I’m aware more than one person takes offense. Regarding the paranoia of Christians feeling oppressed and afraid they are losing their religion, it’s fostered in parts of America. Keep the troops paranoid and keep their loyalty.

You may not fully understand the extent that the irrational has overtaken America, @longgone. Common sense and practicality have been thrown out the door by a good percentage of the people that are making the most noise.

It’s hard to make people think. A friend of mine was saying that they thought Trump’s plan to deport illegal Mexicans was spot on. I said, “Do you realize he’s talking about 17,000 per day for 10–12 months? She was like, ”Per day?” I said, “Just think of the infrastructure he’d have to build to collect, house and transport that many people, and what do you suppose he’s going to do with them, once in Mexico?”
”That’s insane!”
‘Yup.”

Yes, X-Mas is a conspiracy by the Jews and secular left to take Christ out of Christmas, and you can’t tell them any different.
Donald Trump made a statement to the effect that he would make saying Merry Christmas mandatory. lol

Wow. Please go vote!