CBC.ca: I'm dreaming of a byte Christmas. Mathieu Labrecque's pixel art is packed with nostalgia
Every month, we feature a new take on the CBC Arts logo created by a Canadian artist. Check out our previous logos! Consider the pixel. Alone, it's not an obvious nod to the holiday season — like ...
I'm dreaming of a byte Christmas. Mathieu Labrecque's pixel art is packed with nostalgia
While Kabaya states that creating pixel art is not as demanding as it might be perceived, in comparison to, say, the manual pressure and precision of holding a drawing pencil or brush, he does, ...
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Xmas A 1922 advertisement in Ladies' Home Journal for Biberman Bros.: "Give her a L'Aiglon for Xmas" Xmas (also X-mas) is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas. It is sometimes pronounced / ˈɛksməs /, but Xmas, and variants such as Xtemass, originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation / ˈkrɪsməs /.
Christmas or Christmas Day commemorates and celebrates the birth of Jesus. The word Christmas is derived from Middle English Christemasse and from Old English Cristes mæsse. [1] It is a contraction meaning "Christ's mass." The name of the holiday is sometimes shortened to Xmas because Roman letter "X" resembles the Greek letter Χ (chi), an abbreviation for Christ (Χριστός). Christmas ...
“Xmas” is an ancient, abbreviation-based expression of “Christmas,” rooted in the Greek letter chi (Χ) and consistently tied to the name of Christ. While some may suspect it diminishes the focus on Jesus, historical and manuscript evidence-from early Christian usage to recorded English documents-shows it was intended to affirm His name.