Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.

How's that for a war on Christmas?

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James Harbeck
James Harbeck

James Harbeck is a professional word taster and sentence sommelier (an editor trained in linguistics). He is the author of the blog Sesquiotica and the book Songs of Love and Grammar.