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Yes, thats why its called Christmas .  Christ  mas.

I've always wondered when it first become acceptable to spell CHRIST-mas as X-mas?  Whether or not you believe in Christ or Christmas, shouldn't you spell it correctly?  We haven't yet changed Thanksgiving to Xgiving have we?  

Colleen

See my post on this page Bob. It explains the X.

The answer is no Xmas isn't a Christian celebration . Christmas is a Christian celebration with the emphasis being on   -CHRIST

I know the Jehovah witness don't celebrate christmas.

pythonlover

They are known as "Jehovah's Christain Witnesses" in some countries, not just as "JWs".

The answer is YES.

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, I'm a christian, and my birthday is on X-mas...

i believe it's not the day we worship, but rather the birth of christ, so yes it could be considered a christian celebration, although theirs no evidence to prove either way christ was actualy born on that day, but we still must reconize his birth as well as his death,

Christmas is another festival hijacked by Christians. The Roman cult of the god Mithras celebrated the winter solstice in a very similar way.  In any case hardly anyone believes that JC was born on 25 December, or that He died at Easter ( another pagan festival).

Colleen

It's true, both Christmas and Easter are set on old Pagan holidays. This was done to try and entice Pagans to convert to Christianity. http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm
and
http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract1.html

The answer is YES.

In the UK the festive season incorporates many Bank Holidays (public Holidays) so everyone has a chance to celebrate, whatever their religious persuasion.

It is Christmas not Xmas and yes it is a Christian holiday. And Christmas is not pagan Santa is pagan and as far as Easter we celebrate Christ riseing from the grave not the easter bunny!!See that is the problem the world has changes things into Santa and the Bunny so the the focus is taken off the real meaning of the celebration!

When you strip away all the commercialism and office parties, and extended vacations for schools (oops, winter break now, not Christmas vacation).....when you get rid of all the additions, you are left with an acknowledgment of Jesus Christ's birth.  I don't know why it is celebrated on December 25th, but I have heard about the solstice and gods that nomdeplume mentioned.  I choose to disavow those claims. You are free to believe what you want. You won't find me being derisive towards you. 
Countries and peoples around the world have adopted traditions for "Christmas", many of which are faith-oriented, many not.  Christians enjoy the tree decorating and gift-giving and parties and bottles of wine just like so many non-Christians. 
Here's a big FYI for everybody:  A CHRISTIAN IS NOT PERFECT.  The main difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is the Christian believes he will spend eternity in Heaven because he has accepted Jesus Christ as his savior via the sacrifice Jesus made when he was crucified on the cross, alledgedly to atone for all sins of mankind.  
If you want to believe in Roman gods or Buddha or Mohammed or the Tooth Fairy, be my guest.  You won't find me condemning you or in your face because I don't agree with you.  Could you please extend the same courtesy to those who believe in Jesus Christ,  me included. 

Just one last thought on this topic, then I'm outta here.  Wouldn't it make employers across the nation extremely happy, if all those who believe so strongly, that Christians are foolish, God does not exist, Jesus is a crock, religion is a crutch, went to the bosses office, on say, "Let's stamp out Christmas Day", and had a meeting.  Those employees would state that, since it's nonsense, they will come to work on all those silly holidays...Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving.  If that is not possible to arrange, then they will refuse the extra pay...double time, time and a half. After all, why reap the benefit of a holiday in which you have no belief?

What prompted the X to be used for Christ in Christmas?

The word "Christ" and its compounds, including "Christmas", have been abbreviated in English for at least the past 1,000 years, long before the modern "Xmas" was commonly used. "Christ" was often written as "XP" or "Xt"; there are references in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as far back as AD 1021. This X and P arose as the uppercase forms of the Greek letters χ and ρ used in ancient abbreviations for Χριστος (Greek for "Christ"),[2] and are still widely seen in many Eastern Orthodox icons depicting Jesus Christ. The labarum, an amalgamation of the two Greek letters rendered as ?, is a symbol often used to represent Christ in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian Churches.[18]

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and the OED Supplement have cited usages of "X-" or "Xp-" for "Christ-" as early as 1485. The terms "Xpian" and "Xtian" have also been used for "Christian". The dictionary further cites usage of "Xtianity" for "Christianity" from 1634.[2] According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, most of the evidence for these words comes from "educated Englishmen who knew their Greek".[11]
In ancient Christian art, χ and χρ are abbreviations for Christ's name.[19] In many manuscripts of the New Testament and icons, Χ is an abbreviation for Χριστος[citation needed], as is XC (the first and last letters in Greek, using the lunate sigma);[20] compare IC for Jesus in Greek.

The labarum, often called the Chi-Rho, is a Christiansymbol representing Christ.

Who cares after the first bottle of wine LOL!!

It is Christmas not Xmas and yes it is a Christian holiday. And Christmas is not pagan Santa is pagan and as far as Easter we celebrate Christ riseing from the grave not the easter bunny!!See that is the problem the world has changes things into Santa and the Bunny so the the focus is taken off the real meaning of the celebration!

It's supposed to be the celebration of Jesus's birth ; but thanks to the  department stores, and other commercial business, it's turned into a free-for-all.  Many people look on it as an excuse to get drunk.

The result of my searching is: That the first Christians did not celebrate Christmas or easter.

Today it is a international -pegan celebration- a bussiness.

Never thought of turning the X into a cross but I do think that it would work for those of us who are bugged by Xmas.  Good answer!