Merry means happy, glad, or cheerful, so saying "Merry Christmas" to someone is simply wishing them to have a happy celebration.
The word "Merry" is simple to define. It unquestionably means to be happy, joyful and light-hearted. The word "merry" fits into the ambience of laughter and frivolity. This word "merry" by itself is innocent and innocuous enough, but as we will now see, it becomes heinously blasphemous when used with the word "Christmas."
Christmas (Christ Mass) is the day that Christians celebrate the birth of Christ on Earth.
2007-12-22 16:05:06 · 15 answers · asked by ? 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Indeed it does mean "Christ mass", but the "merry" before it is just a way of saying, have a HAPPY, WONDERFUL, NICE, JOYFUL Christ MAss, and indeed thats how it should be for all christians, we should be merry in the celebration of our lord Jesus Christ's birth, its wonderful! calling it merry or having a merry Mass of Christ, is perfectly alright, we are allowed to shout and be joyous in our Lord, especially of his birth. Dont worry, im sure the Lord is perfectly alright with the term Merry being used. Do you really think he'd like you to have a "gloomy" Christ mass? or a "calm" Christ Mass? no- he wants you to be happy, so be happy, dont be so afraid. its not blashphemous in the slightest. its infact, the way oit should be celebrated and described!
2007-12-22 16:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by ~*~Adina Rose's Mommy~*~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Ok, this is the third question I am giving the same answer to!
Well, it is strictly a Roman Catholic word. "The word Christmas comes from "Cristes Maesse", an early English phrase that means "Mass of Christ." The word "Mass" in religious usage means a "death sacrifice." When the millions of people are saying, "Merry Christmas", they are literally saying "Merry death of Christ!" The true meaning of the word "Christmas" or Mass of Christ means The death Of Christ. Mass means death sacrifice. So christmas means Death Of Christ. As always, I am giving the link I got this information from:-
http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract4.html
This is the meaning. We actually say Merry Death Of Christ! That is actually heinously blasphemous as you said! What is soo happy or merry about the sufferings and pain of Christ? Well, Jesus was send to the earth as a human being to die for us. To sacrifice himself for our sins. I guess that is why the meaning of the word is Death Of Christ! The purpose of his birth was death. Death for al our sins! That is why it can be soo joyous! It is all to save us which is why it can be joyous I guess!
Hope this is ok! I don't know a lot about this. This is all I know! Thanks!
2007-12-27 09:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Merry Christmas to you because that is a traditional wish and greeting! It's one of the sweetest two words, conjuring up carolers, get-togethers of friends, exchanging gifts or simply best wishes, etc. I don't consider any of that blasphemous and think you must be extremely confused about all matters Christmas.
Listen to the music, and watch the films. "A Christmas Carol" is the most brilliant of creations as we are reminded each time we read Charles Dickens' novel or watch works based on this novel~dozens of variations of the story of redemption.
"Merry Christmas" can lift spirits more than "Hello" or "How's it going?" I can be somewhat of a pre-change Scrooge, but that greeting brings a smile to my face as I call out to the greeter, "Merry Christmas to YOU!"
Listen to the songs:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Oh, What a Merry Christmas Day
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, Baby
Merry Christmas, Darling
Merry Christmas, My Friend
Also, remember: "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", which has changed over time to "Got Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen".
The words themselves sing!
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Forgive me, but it's my birthday and this is it for a celebration. Sad, isn't it?
2007-12-22 17:58:30 · answer #3 · answered by MystMoonstruck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So why shouldn't we celebrate this and be Merry? Do you know that the Catholic priest is called the celebrant for the Mass? If you aren't Catholic then the meaning for Christ's Mass is lost on you. If you are then I really don't understand where you would get celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior as blasphemous.
2007-12-22 16:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by Creole38 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Blasphemous!!!??? Where in the world did you get that idea? You don't think the word "merry" should be used with the word "christmas?"
2007-12-22 16:10:06 · answer #5 · answered by Petrushka's Ghost 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It means to have a Merry time this Christmas. You are just being silly.
2007-12-22 16:09:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Similar question has been asked by me & is still OPEN. U R welcome to answer,
May CHRIST have a 2nd coming WITHIN our own consciousness.Heavenly Father, bless us this day ,25/12, with the consciousness of Jesus
2007-12-22 22:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by Muthu S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Holiday greetings are a selection of greetings that are often spoken with good intentions to strangers, family, friends, or other people during the months of December and January. Holidays with greetings include Christmas, New Year's Day.
The greetings and farewells "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Christmas" are traditionally used in North America, the United Kingdom, and Ireland beginning a few weeks prior to the Christmas holiday on December 25 of every year. "Merry" dominates in the United States; "happy" in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The phrase is often proffered when it is known that the receiver is a Christian or celebrates Christmas. In the beginning of the 21st century, as Christians in increasingly multi-cultural societies continue becoming more sensitive to and respectful of non-Christians and non-Christian faiths, the phrase has become somewhat less ubiquitous than it was in the 20th century. (However, the commercialization of the actual holiday continues unabated.) The nonreligious sometimes use the greeting as well, however in this case its meaning focuses more on the secular aspects of Christmas, rather than the Nativity of Jesus.-
"Merry", derived from the Old English myrige, originally meant merely "pleasant" rather than joyous or jolly (as in the phrase "merry month of May").
Though Christmas has been celebrated since the 4th century AD, the first known usage of any Christmastime greeting, "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" (thus incorporating two greetings) was in an informal letter written by an English admiral in 1699. The same phrase appeared in the first Christmas card, produced in England in 1843, and in the popular secular carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
The then relatively new term "Merry Christmas" figured prominently in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in 1843. The cynical Ebenezer Scrooge rudely deflects the friendly greeting and broods on the foolishness of those who utter it. "If I could work my will", says Scrooge, "every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding." After the Spirits of Christmas effect his transformation, he is able to heartily exchange the wish with all he meets. The continued popularity of A Christmas Carol and the Victorian era Christmas traditions it typifies have led some to credit Dickens with popularizing, or even originating, the phrase "Merry Christmas".
2007-12-23 01:16:20 · answer #8 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 2⤊ 7⤋
The birth of Christ on Earth....becomes heinously blasphemous .......only to Satan and his followers......as he knows the one who will crush him and banish him into oblivion has come
2007-12-22 16:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Nice research,
2007-12-22 19:40:51 · answer #10 · answered by cleveridiot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋