Does ‘Xmas’ cross out Christ?

Some people say we shouldn't call Christmas Xmas, because the X is crossing out Christ. But …

Christos is the word for Christ in the Greek New Testament. The first letter of this word is the Greek letter Χ, Chi, which looks like the letter X in our alphabet. The X has come through Church history to be a shorthand symbol for the name of Christ.  There's nothing new about it in English, and it goes back as far as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. X is Christ.

X is the Roman numeral used for 10. 
On a clock X is 10 o’clock.
X is ten, like the Ten Commandments.

At school a teacher might write a tick for something which is correct, or write a red X by your work to mean you have done something wrong. 
X is when you cross something out.
X is something we have done wrong. 

At the end of a letter to someone you love, you put an x for a kiss. 
X means a kiss and it means you love someone. 
X is a symbol of love.

In algebra, x is used as a symbol to mean the unknown factor which you try to work out. It represents the answer you are looking for in an equation. 
X is the answer you seek.

In pirate stories, an X marks the spot of buried treasure. 
It shows you where to dig. 
X is the place of our treasure.

When someone has that ‘X factor’, they have that special something which an agent or recruiter is looking for. 
X is that special factor.

When you stop at a four-way junction, the road sign has an X on it for a crossroads. 
X stands for a cross.

In mathematics, an x is used as symbol for multiplication. 
We write x after a number meaning to do something more than once. 
We write 2x to mean twice, or 3x to mean thrice. 
X means many times.

In an election, when you vote for someone you put an X in the box. 
X means you vote for someone. 
X means you have made a positive decision to support someone.

The X in Xmas is not crossing out Christ. 

The X stands for Greek Chi, the abbreviation for Christ. The X is Christ. The X is for our treasure. It stands for the answer we seek. The X is for the special factor in our life. The X shows us that Christ loves us. It stands for the Ten Commandments. The X shows we have done things wrong, and that we are forgiven many times. The X is the cross he died on, and the positive decision we can make to have him in our lives.

Happy Xmas!