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Merry Christmas or Happy Christmas???

ProfJohn

ProfJohn

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So why do the Brits say Happy Christmas while we say Merry Christmas??

Anyone have an idea??

And does any American born person say Happy Christmas on a regular basis??
 
Brits say a lot of things differently than us. I guess it's just the difference between the version of English.
 
Originally posted by: Xanis
Brits say a lot of things differently than us. I guess it's just the difference between the version of English.
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They also spell differently... colour, defence, etc.
 
Because the song goes

:music: We wish you a Merry Christmas .... :music:

and it's been around a damn long time. 🙂
 
Actually read something about this. In older times "merry" meant "to make". This meaning got lost and now merry means happy.
 
Am I the only American that spells random words the British way? I've done it ever since I was a kid.
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: txrandom
Originally posted by: amdhunter
Originally posted by: mcmilljb
Merry Xmas!
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fixed :|
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YOU'RE TAKING CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS.
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Nah...the "X" is actually the old way...it's supposed to represent the cross or something...

I use x-mas just to irritate the xtians.
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No, it doesn't represent the cross. It simply represents the letter chi, which is an abbreviation for Christ.
 
Merry is a Jewish term and there are no Jews in the UK so they don't know that term.

This is a true story...no really, it is. 😀
 
Originally posted by: Dumac
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: txrandom
Originally posted by: amdhunter
Originally posted by: mcmilljb
Merry Xmas!
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fixed :|
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YOU'RE TAKING CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS.
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Nah...the "X" is actually the old way...it's supposed to represent the cross or something...

I use x-mas just to irritate the xtians.
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No, it doesn't represent the cross. It simply represents the letter chi, which is an abbreviation for Christ.
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That's why I said "or something." I really don't pay that much attention to the religious bullshit...my point was just that using "xmas" doesn't take the Christ out of Christmas.
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
That's why I said "or something." I really don't pay that much attention to the religious bullshit...my point was just that using "xmas" doesn't take the Christ out of Christmas.
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No, it does not. I don't know where that idea started.
 
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