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Keeping Christ in Xmas

...inguistic traditions rather than any modern attempt to secularise Christmas or “take Christ out of Christmas”, as people like to claim with the whole “war on Christmas” stuff you see and hear about around this time of year. Historical Usage The Chi Rho page in the Book of Kells While distinct from “Xmas”, the Chi Rho symbol holds significance in Christian iconography. The symbol is often found in early Christian manuscripts, with one notable example being the “illuminated” (meaning highly decorated) Chi Rho page in the Book of Kells, a 9th-century Irish manuscript of the Gospels. Early Christian catacombs, inscriptions, and artefacts also...