Why won't it be like "happy birthday", "happy new year", or "happy thanksgiving", "happy valentine's day", "happy easter" and so on...?
2006-12-21 21:57:04 · 9 answers · asked by dejavuwithjazz 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
It comes from old English, where "merry" was used frequently.
2006-12-21 21:59:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy Christmas sounds retarded, like Merry Thanksgiving.
2006-12-21 21:58:57 · answer #2 · answered by gabound75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the same time as the social engineers have performed a good job of ridding the Christmas trip of any of it quite is non secular meaning, it continues to be called a stat trip in maximum international locations and that i do no longer hear any of the non-Christians or atheists bitching in regards to the getting the time without work. I determine saying "Merry Christmas" isn't this type of undesirable element for every person to assert because many people earnings from this trip. at the same time as i are not getting disenchanted at 'satisfied trip journeys' i'm no longer quite inspired with words like 'trip' celebration or 'trip' tree, those statements are basically stupid.
2016-10-15 10:32:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the religious connection with the birth of Christ. I have been places where people actually use the phrase Happy Christmas instead because of this connection.
2006-12-21 22:51:00 · answer #4 · answered by jmk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There doesn't seem to be any reason why "Merry" is said instead of "Happy" except that it has just become more popular to say "Merry." See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Christmas#Merry.2FHappy_Christmas for some more information regarding this.
Good Luck!!!
2006-12-21 22:02:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is the rebel of the bunch.. not the conformist like the others.
It is unique and special, and maybe it's a secret way of having Mother Mary's name next to her son's! ;)
Merry Christmas = Mary Christ (or) = marry Christ?
Maybe it's a subliminal message for us to marry (unite) with Christ our Savior at Mass (the Catholic church service).. Oh, that makes sense.. that's what you do during communion - you become one with Christ by eating his flesh (bread) and drinking his blood (wine)..
Wow. Divine inspiration has it hard 2nite! ;)
2006-12-21 22:04:19 · answer #6 · answered by seaofcolour 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe because when you drink you get merry and we all drink at christmas time.... although i like the answer that 'seaofcolour' gave i think she i right.....
2006-12-21 22:11:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was the USA influence
"We wish you Americhristmas,
We wish you Americhristmas,
We wish you Americhristmas,
and a Happy New Year"
2006-12-22 00:22:36 · answer #8 · answered by wizebloke 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yea its an old word.....its also just a popular saying that just sorta.. goes wiv christmas
2006-12-21 22:03:14 · answer #9 · answered by bored 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋