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ChristMAS
While teaching my 12-18 year girls at church, one of the other teachers put “XMas” on the board, and asked the girls to share their thoughts on the word. Everything from presents to parties was talked about, then I mentioned that I didn’t like the word, as “X” had taken the place of Christ. The other teacher then rewrote the word as “Christmas”, and the girls began to discuss how and why the word had changed. One of our older girls, Becky, was quiet for a moment, then asked me if “mas” wasn’t the Spanish word for more. I told her that it was, then she said, “I think instead of the ‘X’ we should emphasis the ‘mas’; after all, it is telling us that we need more Christ in Christmas.” No truer words have been spoken.
By Shane Kirkpatrick
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