WHY XMAS ?

Why is Christmas shortened down to Xmas ?

As Xmas sounds like a nasty skin complaint,

yet loads of people still keep putting Xmas ?

They think its short for Christmas, but it ain’t.

Yuletide or Noel, are short for Christmas,

at least they seem to have that festive ring,

but you never see a greetings card with Xmas,

as Xmas doesn’t mean a bloody thing.

Perhaps Xmas is the first writing version of txtAuthors comment

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