Twelve Christmas Myths (11): X Marks the Spot

Long before the current round of "War on Christmas" dust-ups began a few years ago, many well-meaning Christians bemoaned the fact that Christ was being "taken out of Christmas." Often they pointed to the use of the shorthand, "Xmas" as a vivid example of the secularization of a very significant day on the Christian calendar. In black and white, the name of Christ was being "crossed out."

But this is a somewhat modern myth or misconception about Christmas that doesn't require too much...