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Post by Princess Cosmos on Oct 15, 2008 18:19:57 GMT -5
My husband brought up an interesting point the other day or it just might of been that it was late when we were talking about this. The question was why is it "Merry Christmas" where the rest of the holidays are just "Happy"...whatever. Christmas is the only one that has something different. So we were wondering if anyone knew.
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Post by *Savvy* ツ on Oct 15, 2008 18:30:24 GMT -5
um i really don't know, i have noticed that. They all mean the same but i guess it would sound weird if you said happy Christmas.
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Post by Princess Cosmos on Oct 15, 2008 18:32:28 GMT -5
but what if it was always happy christmas then merry would sound weird. i'm just wondering if anyone knew or if i'm putting too much thought into this
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Post by Larry Laffer on Oct 16, 2008 7:11:59 GMT -5
Simple. Happy Christmas is a British thing. You're American, therefore you are so utterly special(or was it the other way around?) and say "Merry Christmas".
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Post by Ellethwen on Oct 25, 2008 22:13:37 GMT -5
Happy Christmas always sounded weird to me. But that's because I'm so used to saying Merry.
An explanation I have (and I came up with this on the spot) is that Christmas is, like, *the* principal American holiday, even more than the 4th. And Merry is usually used as a stronger synonym for happy, so maybe Merry is used because people are generally happiest at Christmas?
Iunno. That seems like a totally cock-and-bull explanation, but eh. *shrugs*
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Post by Ian on Oct 25, 2008 22:25:49 GMT -5
Merry is just another word for cheerful. Back in the day,they would of said "Have a merry Christmas." but since people use the word merry less and less it got shortened to "Merry Christmas.'' They probably said Merry Easter! etc. too, but we just don't.
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Post by Larry Laffer on Oct 26, 2008 8:20:31 GMT -5
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Post by fire soul on Oct 26, 2008 13:15:05 GMT -5
don't they say "happy christmas" in england? i think i remember hearing it from the first harry potter movie.
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Post by Larry Laffer on Oct 26, 2008 16:57:38 GMT -5
don't they say "happy christmas" in england? i think i remember hearing it from the first harry potter movie. Simple. Happy Christmas is a British thing. You're American, therefore you are so utterly special(or was it the other way around?) and say "Merry Christmas". ^This. Yea, why bother actually reading the thread before replying? |
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Post by fire soul on Oct 26, 2008 22:23:45 GMT -5
do i owe you an apology for that one because i mistakenly overlooked your post. umm, ok.. i sincerely apologize.
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Post by Larry Laffer on Oct 27, 2008 7:20:30 GMT -5
You owe me apologies times two. This proves that you still haven't read all the thread(or at least all of my posts, which is wrong by itself) ^This. You fail at Internet. |
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Post by fire soul on Oct 27, 2008 11:28:53 GMT -5
larry,
"what is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. we are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature."
--voltaire
i come here to participate in open and friendly conversations. i do not come here to be mocked or made to feel unwelcome which you have so adamantly done so. please try to practice tolerance and look past such frivolous mistakes. you will be happier in the long run.
i refuse to continue this asinine argument, or let you continue to make such demeaning remarks towards me. hopefully you are mature enough to respect that.
oh yeah..
live, and let live.
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Post by Princess Cosmos on Oct 29, 2008 21:03:38 GMT -5
oh wow i didn't think there was an actual logical explanation for the merry and happy christmas thing. i thought i was just going crazy
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Post by AmyAnn on Nov 11, 2008 12:18:03 GMT -5
Wait, I'm British and we use "Merry Christmas" o-o I rarely hear "Happy Christmas"
For me, it's "Have a nice giftday"
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Post by Moonstar on Nov 24, 2008 23:17:43 GMT -5
what's weird though that they didn't say "Happy Christmas" in the 5th Harry Potter movie (if not rarely) I wonder why they suddenly decided to change it.
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