Christ back into Christmas
ignores the pattern of Christian witness spanning generations and transcending
the narrow scope of local custom.
Jesus is more in
Xmas
than we realize or imagine. Not the unknown factor of algebra, the ancient
monogram of the early church was the XP,
the Chi
Rho
-- the first two letters of Christ: Xριστος!
We do not solve for
x…
we celebrate the birth of him conceived by the Holy Spirit and
recognized by John as the Anointed One, the Messiah: Xριστος!