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>X-MAS is also an abbreviation for the WWII Italian frogman group called Decima Flottiglia MAS. Xmas (or X-mas) is an abbreviation for Christmas. It is derived from the word ΧΡÎΣΤÎΣ, transliterated as Christos, which is Greek for Christ. Greek is the language in which the whole New Testament was written.
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