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Originally Posted by GspotProductions
"Merry Christmas began as a saying in the 1500s. It was recorded in a letter as a wish that God would send the recipient a ?mery Christmas?. It was solidified as a capitalized greeting by Charles Dickens in his great work A Christmas Carol.
Queen Elizabeth II, for whatever reason, did not use Dickens? phrase. Instead, she used the phrase Happy Christmas in her broadcasts to her subjects. After her use, the term gained popularity and is still the most common form in Great Britain and Ireland."
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"I am well aware that in the US they say "Merry Christmas" while in the UK and other commonwealth countries they say "Happy Christmas". "
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If I'd have wished a Happy new year, i'd have said Merry Christmas & a happy New Year. However, looking forward to Christmas atm, shall wish a Happy New Year in 2 weeks, just saying....  |
I'd love to see a source for the supposed popularity of Happy over Merry in the UK because I think it is a load of bollocks.
Yoiu are the only daft cunt from the UK that I have ever heard say Happy Christmas.
I don't know if it is a generation thing or not but I'd bet most people my age and younger would say Merry Christmas.