Don't worry about shortening 'Christmas' to 'Xmas' - it isn't blasphemous
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Paul Kerensa2017-12-18T00:00:00
Shortening 'Christmas' to 'Xmas' is viewed as disrespectful by some Christians. But as Paul Kerensa explains, the term is more Christian than it first appears
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