2007-12-31 10:52:42 · 35 answers · asked by booyah™ 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I dont Know...Why do people say Merry Christmas on Christmas Eve?
2007-12-31 10:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You wish a person ``Happy New Year`` before hand because you may not be with that person when the time comes. Don`t get stuck on little things like that, when the world is coming apart.
2007-12-31 11:00:09 · answer #2 · answered by jms043 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I was wondering that myself today when people were saying that to me at work. It would be more appropriate to say it upon return on Jan. 2nd.
Don't you think?
2007-12-31 10:58:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I do it, I just want the person to know that I hope they have a good next year.
Happy new year!
2007-12-31 10:57:01 · answer #4 · answered by WinterDreamer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they can and it is polite.
2007-12-31 10:56:03 · answer #5 · answered by Eric M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they might not see you when it actually turns midnight? out of courtesy?
2007-12-31 10:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by toxic.lust 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason they say Merry Christmas, Happy Easter, and Happy Valentines Day before the actual event - it's a greeting!
2007-12-31 10:55:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they want to wish people a happy new year because they never knoe if they get to say it later, and it's just plain custom to do that.
2007-12-31 10:55:29 · answer #8 · answered by sunny_marika 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just in case they don't see them during the transition from old to new....
2007-12-31 10:55:11 · answer #9 · answered by wasted mutt FKA singing fanny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's usually more of a *have* a happy new year...."best of luck" in the new year, etc, etc, etc. It's just been shortened, though, and covers all the bases.
2007-12-31 10:55:05 · answer #10 · answered by Quirky Jessi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋