西方文化|Christmas为何要拼写成Xmas？

译文:Christmas为何要拼写成Xmas

原文:Why is Christmas sometimes spelled Xmas?

特别是当与sale这个词联系起来

依据书中记载,你或许会感到惊讶.........,通过Jeff.Rovin,Christ一词是从希腊文Xristos来的,Xmas是它的缩写,16世纪开始在欧洲时尚

Xmas一词在广告中非常常用,非常可能是由于Xmas与sale两个词有同样的字母数,而Xmas明显的比Christmas短

...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^{1 most likely because Xmas and sale have the same number of letters, and Xmas is significantly shorter than Christmas.}