From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!wheps!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!cbosgd!nscs!rew
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Xmas  <I hate the advertisments boycott> parse date string
Article-I.D.: nscs.384
Posted: Thu Nov 18 11:02:55 1982
Received: Sat Nov 20 08:24:00 1982
References: rabbit.7735 we13.240


You should reserve your disgust for something other than the 'X'
in Xmas.  It is really a Greek 'Chi' and, as by now you might
suspect, the first letter in 'Christos', Greek for Christ.  

Bob Warren
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