to passionatley hate people writing Xmas?

[DaddyIsHome]

Im not majorly religious but I think that writing Xmas is just lazy and somewhat dissrespetful. To make it worse it doesnt really make sense, Xmas that sounds nothing like Christmas. So AIBU to dislike the fact that people abrevieate it?

I knew the origin and it still sets my teeth on edge!
And I think I would have to brain anybody who uses kwissmas with a Christmas tree...

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Similarly people who write 'congrats' for 'congratulations'.
I have to fight the urge to suggest that they can't feel that pleased for recipient of the message if they can't even be arsed to write it in full.

Having had the benefit of a vicar for a primary school headteacher, we all knew that X stood for Christ by the age of 5. He only ever taught the one cover lesson whenever he had to cover, and it was always that one.

I helpfully pass the knowledge on to the teenagers I teach. I call it 'possible pub quiz' questions of the future.

Crimbo is just criminal.

Ha! I started this same thread last December & was swiftly educated in the origins of the 'X'.

Still hate it though! I can always hear my archdeacon grandfather saying "ah, Xmas, when one celebrates the birth of X".

I'm not a huge fan of lots of abbreviations though, to be fair.

YANBU. It's in the same boat as words like 'hubby' and 'bubs'. Boake.

I'm lazy.I canlive with that.

It's known as criggy around here.

I don't give a toss,I'm lazy. Saves me spelling chrimbo all the time

Crimbo and the recent X-mass both horible.

YANBU it really annoys me too! I'm not particularly religious at all, but a school assembly from about 15 years ago about Xmas being disrespectful has completely stuck with me and I can't bare it! I've made colleagues at work change paperwork etc because of it! Which might well of been unreasonable on my part lol

Phew, that's a relief DaddyIsHome no longer passionately hates me due to me writing XMAS.

OP Y were B very, very, very U, a bit ridiculous and a bit mean. Save the hate for other things.

Hopefully this will make you think before you hate in future. It better that way.

YANBU!!!!!

It's the worst!!! It's Christmas it's not that hard to spell ffs.

True, true ... for fuck's sake. Or is it fucks' sake?

Who said it was hard to spell?

I write Xmas because I'm a lazy sod,not because I can't spell it!!!!!!!!!!!

For fucks sake isn't that hard to spell,ffs

I write xmas to annoy people who get annoyed by it. This thread has encouraged me to carry on. I might adopt kwismass as well now.

Hw mch efft dos it tk to incld all th letrs in a wd?

If you type Xmas then somewhere out there a baby jesus cries!

There are other advantages, too such as speed.

I hate chrimbo

Well.... Here's the thing do you write " before Christ" or "BC" that is all ...........

Where would twitter be without the abbreviation Xmas ? And 'Merry Xmas' was the only thing that fit the small space on my cross-stitch card - it was that or no greeting, or maybe 'Noel'. Can't bring myself to use 'crimbo', and feel that 'Happy Holidays' somehow dilutes the festive feeling - like taking away the mince pies.