Valentine's Day and we started arguing about the "XOXO" signature. Which one is for the hug and which one is for the kiss? Sebastien and I voted for the "X" meaning hug while Irene and Isabelle were pretty confident the "O" was for hugs...Turns out we're all right! The X's come from a combination of illiterate people signing by "making their mark" and, if you were an early Christian, kissing the "X" as a symbol for Christ as a sign of sincerity. However, the "O" came about as a substitute for the "X" when Jewish people arriving in America needed to make their mark and the cross just didn't seem to be appropriate...
So, feel extra proud to be an American next time you decode or write an "XOXO" at the end of a note or text! It takes a melting pot to bring together such a strange thing...
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I had thought the 'X' was for Kiss just because of the way X sounds, 'eks' had similarities to 'Kiss', and the 'X' kind of looking like lips kissing together, or puckered, and the 'O' was for arms wrapping around each other!
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