Are you annoyed by displays of Christmas merchandise in late October and in November before Thanksgiving? Feel that spelling “Christmas” as “Xmas” takes the Christ out of the holiday? One hundred years ago, newspaper ads promoting Christmas items appeared, and nobody criticized the use of the word “Xmas” either. Here’s one example:
Make Sure of a Merry, Musical Xmas!
The Corley company’s Xmas Victrola Club Assures Delivery of Your Victrola in Time for Christmas on Terms Within Reach of Everybody.
To see the ad on page 9 of the Durham Herald, Sunday, Nov. 2, 1924, go to:
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84020730/1924-11-02/ed-1/seq-9/#words=NOVEMBER+2%2C+1924
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