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"Christmas" is
a contraction of "Christ's Mass", derived from
the Old English Cristes mæsse. It is often abbreviated
Xmas, probably because X or Xt have often been used as
a contraction for "Christ" ("X" resembles
the Greek letter ? (Chi), the first letter of "Christ"
in Greek (???st?? [Christos])
from wikipedia,
the free encyclopaedia. (Redirected from Christmas Day)
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