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		<title>&#8220;XMas&#8221; Origins</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Henke posts an interesting history lesson concerning the origins of the well-known abbreviation for Christmas: Growing up, I sometimes heard &#8211; in church and from various religious scolds &#8211; that XMas was a secular attempt to &#8220;take Christ out &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/12/26/xmas-origins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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