A Xmas Joke 🎄

[Sparklingsunshine]

I saw this earlier and it made me laugh, so on a cold, grey Tuesday I'd thought I share.

"Dear Santa for Xmas this year please can you send me a slim body and a fat bank account, last year I think you got them mixed up. Thank you"

[SarahJane1471]

🤣👏

[DippyDame]

According to my 6 year old grandson, " Santa isn't real...it's just not possible"!

[RedApple Administrator in reply to DippyDame]

Kids are way too savvy these days! 😀

[DippyDame in reply to RedApple]

That's what life in the 21st century does to them!!

Magic gone!

He said, "well it took a lot longer just to fly to Australia!"

There will still be parcels and all the rest, and he'll be very happy!!

I just wish that was the case for every child in this crazy world.

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to DippyDame]

Oh yes he is, I watched Miracle on 34th Street on Sunday and the judge declared Santa is real 🎅🤶 😁

[DippyDame in reply to SeasideSusie]

Love that film!

[Zephyrbear in reply to SeasideSusie]

Based on the premise that if God is real, Santa must be also… hmmm 🤔

[shaws Administrator in reply to DippyDame]

"What a shame" as I remember how excited both my sister and myself were on Christmas eve and up at the crack of dawn to see what he left for us.

[DippyDame in reply to shaws]

Oh they'll still be excited and up at the crack of dawn... and checking out what's under the tree!

[Marz]

I often wonder who took the Christ out of Christmas and replaced it with an X ? Bit like the NHSX perhaps ? We are meant to think it's one and the same !

[helvella Administrator in reply to Marz]

Many years ago, I too wondered.

And found it dates from at least the 3rd century.

The IX monogram or XI monogram is a type of early Christian monogram looking like the spokes of a wheel, sometimes within a circle.

The IX monogram is formed by the combination of the letter "I" or Iota for Iesous (Ιησους, Jesus in Greek) and "X" or Chi for Christos (Χριστος, Christ in Greek). The spokes can also be standalone, without the circle. These monograms can often be found as ancient burial inscriptions.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IX_mo...

There's also the Chi-Rho:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris...

It still jars against my preference to try to avoid abbreviations. But pedigree it certainly has.

(Edited image as it had changed colour in posting!)

IX monogram

[Marz in reply to helvella]

Thank you for your explanation 😊

[Zephyrbear in reply to Marz]

Personally, I prefer Yuletide.

[arTistapple]

The X is useful shorthand for symptoms - SX and remedies - RX. At least @helvella found a pedigree for Xmas. I have religious friends who get angry about it. I will now be able to explain the pedigree.