My daily readings 12/26/2011

很多人认为X’mas是Christmas的缩写，但这种说法不

很多人认为X’mas是Christmas的缩写，但这种说法不正确。Xmas是Christmas的代写而非缩写，且并不是X’mas而是Xmas，将Christ以X代写，是因为希腊语中的基督首字母与X很相像，而早期基督徒使用的文字为希腊文，所以真正的”Xmas”其实是两种语言的结合。

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