its christmas not xmas .

[clemo]

But whatever you want to call it .
Have a great christmas and an LECellent new year .

( see what i did thar)

[Dave Eds]

I saw what you did there Clemo!

The wonders of technology eh!

Seasons greetings!

[Scott J]

well hope yee all had a good weekend celebrating the winter solstice with mead an all, and bah humbug to Thursday.

[tigerdog]

All the best wishes of the season to LECers 'round the world.

[rip]

well hope yee all had a good weekend celebrating the winter solstice with mead an all, and bah humbug to Thursday.

I thought Christmas was to celebrate the passing of the winter solstice?

[Jamie N]

And a happy Christmas from a sodden Fife. (but not a Fifer!)

[Megwenda]

And the seasons greetings from sunny Switzerland

it is of course supposed to be cold and snowy, but the sun is shining and temps are 7ºc. Still, forecast is for a dramatic drop in the next few days

[Scott J]

and a Merry Christmas to rip, celebration time, any excuse
from a not so sodden as Fife, West Coast Glesgy.

[Rambo]

Wouldn't Xmas really stand for Crossmas not Christmas ?

[epipete]

To avoid further confusion: Wikipedia provides a lot of detail summarised as:

Xmas is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas. It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but Xmas and variants such as Xtemass, originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation /ˈkrɪsməs/. The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass, while the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός which comes into English as "Christ".

There is a common belief that the word Xmas stems from a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas", but its use dates back to the 16th century.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

[Fourdoorcat]

Happy New Year from water (but not sun) deprived California.

[lotos]

Not a single one of you wished me a Happy Festivus. This forum is racist.

[GeoffSmith]

Merry Christmas you Randy old bugger.

[Rambo]

Thanks Geoff

[Jamie N]

and a Merry Christmas to rip, celebration time, any excuse
from a not so sodden as Fife, West Coast Glesgy.

But definitely a Gleswegian

[lotos]

Thanks Geoff Wishing everyone here a wonderful new year!