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The 'X' comes from the Greek letter 'Chi' which is the first letter of the Greek word that translates as Christ. Xmas was used in print in the mid 1700's and from the early 1900's passed into more common usage. To many people Xmas represents the growing level of commercialism in the world as compared with the sad demise of Christmas as an important Christian festival
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Ancient greek word starting with x?
The letter X was the symbol of their letter called Chi. So one word would be Christos (Christ), which is the reason that Christmas (Christ's Mass) is often abbreviated to Xmas.
Words with x?
Xylophone, Xylocarp, Xmas, Xenophobe, Xebec, X Rays
How do you write h in greek?
The closest thing to the sound of the letter h would be the Greek letter X (Chi). The letter that looks just like an h in Greek is Ita, a form of the letter "i" which is pronounced like a long e in English. Example: Helene = H Eleni: (EE El-ehn-ee), meaning a Greek woman or girl Real Answer: 
What might Greek historians have written about conflicts?
to entertain greek people.
Who made the first Christian flag?
The future emperor Constantine the Great, the day before the battle of Milvio Bridge, ordered all the shields and standards of his army had to bear a kind of cross. Reportedly he had been motivated to do that after he had a dream in which he was advised by Christ to adopt the Greek letter " Chi" (X) traversed by the Greek letter "Rho" (P), representing the first two letters of the Greek spelling of the word "Christos" (Christ), as insignia for his army.
