Christmas myths- busted!!

This ones for Linda who was asking what the deal is with X-mas? and gave it a good guess- X as in kiss so it means love-mas. Good guess- not true (we missed Waynes wisdom last night!!:) But thats ok because I've found all the answers in a book on chrissy customs I forgot I had.
- Christmas comes from we celebrate 'Mass' for Christ.
- the X actually stands for the Greek letter which is the first letter of Christ's name and frequently used there as a holy symbol.
-The tree is meant to symbolise stuff, like the wood of pease- because peoples homes were built of wood. also a sign of eternal life, because its leaves are always green and it also points to heaven.
Actually, a lot of our Christmas traditions originally came from pagon customs- 25th Dec was the day people worshiped the sun God. Candles/fire (or chrissy lights) used to worship the sun. Mistletoe became the emblem of love through a story about the sun God and Loki, the God of evil and Hoder the blind God. And these have just been adapted to fit and relate to Jesus/ Christmas. Interesting that the early church decided to adapt the current traditions and culture of their time rather than try to change and ignore it.