Topic: Christmas Questions And Answers, Part 9 Of 9

WHY IS CHRISTMAS SOMETIMES SPELLED XMAS? ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WORD "SALE"?

According to the book "Did you ever Wonder.." by Jeff Rovin, the word for Christ in Greek is Xristos. The use of the shortened form Xmas became popular in Europe in the 1500s.

The word Xmas is so common in advertising most likely because "Xmas" and "sale" have the same number of letters, and "Xmas" is significantly shorter than Christmas.

WHY ARE STORES SO GEARED UP ABOUT THIS HOLIDAY? WHY DOES EVERY SHOPPING AREA HAVE A SANTA VILLAGE, AND WHY DO KIDS COME SIT ON SANTA'S KNEE?

As mentioned above, stores have been revved up about Christmas since the late 1800s. In America today, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are, by far, the biggest retail sales weeks of the year. The survival of most retail stores depends on the Christmas buying season. Therefore, retailers do whatever they can to whip people into a Christmas buying spirit and to attract them to their stores. Festive decorations, big ads, Santa's Villages and all the rest are a part of that process.

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