X the Unknown

Very little is known about the macabre and mysterious rites of the letter X, for its terrible secrets are jealously guarded by the Bathers of the Sacred Font, those nakedly sans-serif mythopoetic silhouettes who glide and back-flip in magenta misted waters like lascivious nymphs in some X-rated cinematic debauch-o-rama supposedly based upon the Dionysian orgies of ancient times.

Yes, it is no mere accident that louche rows of winking X's symbolize kisses scrawled beneath the signature of perfumed letters exchanged by clandestine and adulterous  lovers.

So X is certainly the most sinful and secretive member of the alphabet, in fact I'm suprised that it hasn't been blackballed by the other letters long before now.

But fortunately X is redeemed by the fact that in ancient times the new breed of non-pagan Xtians - disciples of Jesus X - were often crucified on X-shaped structures rather than the traditional upright cross so crucial to Xtian symbolism, and to this day X remains an abbreviation of Christ, as in the festival of xmas that has just passed so quickly.

Comments

[Mrs. Peperium]

What about Malcolm X?

[DarkoV]

"XXXX"'s still signify kisses on letters? That's great! Frankly, that strikes me as romantic. I'd figured that symbolic kisses were gone, replaced (within the last decade) by symbols for homeruns not first base. A filled in square tilted on one of its edges. No letter for that. Guess there's too much involved.

[Monjo]

X also marks the spot.