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Friday, December 3, 2010

Why is there a T in Christmas?

Out of the mouth of a first grader.  This was his question to me today.  He was looking at a book title and noticed that there is a T in Christmas but we do not pronounce it, so he asked.  I was able to give the answer because I heard it a while back.  People used to go to mass on Christmas morning and they called it Christ's Mass.  Things were shortened and it became Christmas.  So I was glad that I could share that answer today.  Christ is still in the hearts of little ones.

1 comment:

  1. I have never heard that reason before - I learned something new today - thank you!

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