Is using Xmas taking Christ out of Christmas?

And that is are we taking Christ out of Christmas by abbreviating Christmas as Xmas? First of all, you have to understand that it is not the letter X that is put into Christmas. We see the English letter X there, but actually what it involves is the first letter of the Greek name for Christ. Christos is the New Testament Greek for Christ. The first letter of the Greek word Christos is transliterated into our alphabet as an X. That X has come through church history to be a shorthand symbol for the name of Christ. It is not an attempt to “X” out Christ from Christmas as some has have thought. In fact, the idea of X as an abbreviation for the name of Christ came into use in our culture with no intent to show any disrespect for Jesus. There’s a long and sacred history of the use of X to symbolize the name of Christ, and from its origin, it has meant no disrespect.