[musictlk] Free x-mas songs

[Marion Gwizdala]

Ed,
    Some believe that using an "X" in the word "Christmas" takes the "Christ 
out of Christmas". The truth is, however, that the "x" is one of the most 
ancient symbols of Christianity and is really the Greek letter called "Chi". 
Early Christians would use the letter to covertly identify themselves to 
other Christians. The word "chi" is closely related to "Christ" and looks 
like a cross.
    The other symbol, BTW, was known as "icthys" and is represented as the 
outline of a fish. It is an acronym for the Greek phrase, "(Iesous Christos 
Theou Yios Soter)", meaning "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior". Putting the 
letters together forms the Greek word "icthys" which means "fish.
    The "chi" and "icthys" were used long before the cross ever was. In 
fact, even before these symbols, there were the symbols of candles, Yule 
logs, evergreens with lights and decorations, mistletoe, and stars. In fact, 
both the celebration of Christmas and Easter were Pagan holidays well before 
they were adopted by Christians and most of the symbols of each were 
borrowed from Pagan traditions., so don't sweat it!

Fraternally yours,
Rev. Marion Gwizdala


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Worrell" <edworrell at bresnan.net>
To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Free x-mas songs


> Hello Josh, I am sorry to offend you. It was faster to type, I honestly 
> don't understand the issue. It's what I typed.
> Ed
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