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04-29-1999, 11:53 PM

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My curiosity has been jogged and I fear this question has been posed in the past, but why is Christmas commonly refered to as X-mas? Does it have something to do with the representation of the cross, or just a shorthand created by some lazy columnist? Cecil?

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