I may be wrong but I was always taught that the "mass" part was "gathering" as in a gathering for Christ. It in fact makes sense a mass/gathering of people. + :o)

Leave it up to satancause to add some much needed spice to answerbag! To answer your question, it is not inside the word Christmas that gives us its meaning. We would not be celebrating the birth of Jesus at all if it had not been for his death. Therefore it may be logical that that is where Christmas got its name, but again, this is ONLY in the english language. You may want to take these things at a very deep level, and if that is what you want to do and be paranoid about it, that is fine with me. We all have our obcessions. Mine is researching religions in general, and I'm crazy about it. But 'Christmas' to the public is definately not a celebration of death. While it may be the abstract cause of the celebration, the main focus is on the birth. I do not believe in free will. I think that it is utterly impossible when you get down to it. But that is the deep part of it. No one goes through life 3rd person, not seemingly making decisions for themselves. The superficial part is that we all think we have free will, and that is what we live by. These deep thoughts of yours are great, but you cannot live by them. People might think you're crazy.

when the fat man in the red suit laughs boisterously and says, "Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas", he is mocking and laughing at the suffering and bleeding Saviour, who died for our sins. He does this while parents place their little children into his waiting arms to hear his false promises of gifts that he says he will give them. Consider what you are saying when you say "Merry Christmas."

What is so amusing about our Saviour's painful death? What is so funny? Why is Santa laughing? Why are you going along with it? Your words do count and Satan knows it. Yes, the word "Mass" does mean "death sacrifice", and to cement that fact, we will consider the definition of the inventors of the religious application of the word "Mass." I am looking at page 537 of the Catholic Encyclopedia, which says, "In the Christian law, the supreme sacrifice is that of the Mass." It goes on to say, "The supreme act of worship consists essentially in an offering of a worthy victim to God, the offering made by a proper person, as a priest, the destruction of the victim." (2) Please note carefully the word, "victim" of the Mass. The Latin word for victim is "Hostia" from which the word "host" is derived. The Mass, by definition of those who coined the word, is a sacrifice involving a victim. There is no other meaning for the word "Mass" or "Christ-Mass." On page 110 of a book entitled "The Mass In Slow Motion", we find the following words: "It is only with the consecration that the sacrifice of the Mass is achieved. I have represented the Mass to you, more than once, as a kind of ritual dance." (3) In essence, the Mass is the ceremonial slaying of Jesus Christ over and over again, followed by the eating of his flesh and the drinking of his blood. The Mass is the death sacrifice, and the "Host" is the victim. This is official Roman Catholic doctrine, and "Christmas" is a word that they invented. Again, I ask, what is so merry about the pain, bleeding, suffering and death of Jesus Christ? Satan has done quite a job of getting millions of so-called "Christians" to blaspheme. What a deceiver he is. Now you know the true meaning of the word "Christmas" or Mass of Christ. There is much more to know about this pagan holiday, and we will be glad to provide you with plenty of evidence that Jesus was not born on December 25th, and that Christmas is not only a lie, but is actually a witches' sabbat called "Yule" in clever disguise. Please contact us at the address below, and for the sake of your soul, flee from idolatry!

I kinda like it my way best! Happy BIRTHday, Dear Christ! Now, Heru, just shut up [written in jest] and gimme my present! :-)