No Christian should have a problem with calling Christmas "X-mas." After all we started it. As has been mentioned, the letter "X" is a symbol of Christ. Replacing the "Christ" in "christmas" with the letter X isn't "removing Christ from Christmas" at all.
The materialism of Christmas sucks. The family time and holidays are great. I love having Christmas lights up, they help make dark winter evenings bearable.
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
You are misinformed and wrong.
Most of the themes commonly associated with the Christmas tradition (burning yule logs, singing carols, exchanging gifts, decorating evergeeen trees, putting up wreaths/holly/mistletoe, etc.) come from non-Christian holidays. These traditions were later incorporated by Christians into their Christmas celebration.
Moreover, the birth of Jesus is believed by Biblical scholars to not have occurred on December 25. The reason that date was chosen for Christmas is so that it could replace the popular Saturnalia festival when the Roman Empire converted to Christianity under Emperor Constantine. Later, other new converts to Christianity from elsewhere in Europe replaced their pagan Winter Solstice festivals with Christmas celebrations.
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I always say the St Patrick's Day is the most "Christian" holiday that there is.