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Discussion: Merry?

in: Becks; Becks > 2020-12-25

Dec 27, 2020 5:59 PM #

Have you been so Americanized that Happy has became Merry? I have a British son-in-law in the Boston area so I got wished a Happy Christmas and we pulled crackers.

Dec 27, 2020 9:08 PM #

sgb:

I'm not sure that there's anything un-British about a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I've come across folks who wish each other a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year, just because they like to be contrary. And because a Merry New Year implies inebriation in a way that a Merry Christmas somehow doesn't.

Dec 28, 2020 12:40 PM #

Becks:

Yeah...wasn’t aware there was a British versus American way. I’ve always used them pretty much interchangeably.

Dec 28, 2020 8:30 PM #

blairtrewin:

For what it's worth, I'd say Merry is the more common usage in Australia.

Dec 29, 2020 12:45 AM #

Suzanne:

wow - yeah... I can't imagine saying "happy Christmas". I didn't realize that was a local thing.

Dec 29, 2020 8:09 AM #

paw:

Dickens uses Merry Christmas throughout A Christmas Carol (pub. 1843), from which much of the modern-day UK / US Christmas tradition derives.

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