From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!halle1 Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: Xmas parse date string Article-I.D.: houxz.217 Posted: Thu Nov 18 09:09:31 1982 Received: Fri Nov 19 00:59:44 1982 References: rabbit.7735 we13.240 The "X" in Xmas is a reference to the Greek chi, the first letter in the Greek spelling of Christ.