I was taught that the X represented the Greek Letters Chi and Rho -- which were used to refer to Christ. It's been decades since I've been in Catholic elementary school, and I may have it all wrong in retrospect, but although the nuns always spelled out Christmas, they never railed against the word Xmas. Ann Marie Moriarty -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pegassi@verizon.net Sent: December 24, 2013 7:13 PM To: mcjm52@bigpond.com; irl-kerry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] HAPPY XMAS X is the unknown. It's a pity to wish it to anyone. On 12/24/13, Mary Mizzi<mcjm52@bigpond.com> wrote: TO RAY MARSHALL AND ALL ON THE KERRY LIST .... WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY XMAS AND MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING SUCCESS IN FINDING ALL THOSE LOST RELLIES. KIND REGARDS, MARY in North Queensland Australia where it is starting to get very warm aand the air conditioner will be working overtime today! _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: [1]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [2]IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to [3]IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: [4]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at [5]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [6]IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ 2. mailto:IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com 3. mailto:IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com 4. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ 5. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ 6. mailto:IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message