I'LL BE HOME FOR XMAS, LIKE IT OR NOT

In a post yesterday, the term “Xmas” was used in its normal and traditional sense, but the anti-Albero crowd lost no time in bearing false witness, claiming in their comments to the post that I was being disrespectful of Christ, and even accusing me of engaging in anti-Christian satanism by using that term. Those morons have no knowledge of the matter as several other commentators pointed out, including this one (who does not mince any words):

Hey "satanism" buffoons:

Read this and go stake yourselves in unison –

"Xmas" and "X-mas" are common abbreviations of the word "Christmas". They are
sometimes pronounced "eksmas", but they, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the pronunciation "Christmas". The "-mas" part came from the Latin-derived Old English word for "mass".

The word "Christ" and its compounds, including "Christmas", have been abbreviated for at least the past 1,000 years, long before the modern "Xmas" was commonly used. "Christ" was often written as "XP" or "Xt"; there are references in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as far back as AD 1021. This X and P arose as the uppercase forms of the Greek letters ÷ and ñ), used in ancient abbreviations for ×ñéóôïò (Greek for "Christ"), and are still widely seen in many Eastern Orthodox icons depicting Jesus Christ. The labarum, an amalgamation of the two Greek letters rendered as ☧, is a symbol often used to represent Christ in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian Churches."

And see this discussion:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4097755.stm

If my accusers want real knowledge about satanism, perhaps Barrie could tutor them.