[O.K. From where did the abbreviation come?]
I once heard someone saying that they wouldn't mind if it was written +mas (pronounced cross-mas) - they were trying to make a link from Jesus' birth to his death. The other learned opinion says that Christ written in Greek begins with the letter Chi which looks like our X.
Anyway Christmas (or +mas) is a time when we are thinking about a particular baby being born.
And after all that build up it has dawned on me that it is storks that are linked with new babies, not herons.
Still I am glad I took the picture - it is not something you see everyday in Gorse Covert.
1 comment:
Interesting question! Maybe something to do with a criss-cross?
I am lucky enough to see a heron most days at Orana - it is usually in the wild dog enclosure of all places to stand!
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