SOME TIME-HONORED MISSPELLINGS FOR CHRISTMAS

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Tuesday, December 24, 1991

Americans love holidays, and it is hardly news that our best-loved holiday is Christmas. Often spelled Xmas, Christmas derives from the Greek word Christos; the X is the Greek form in the initial letter of Christ's name.

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