What's the lexical explanation for why Britons generally say "Happy Christmas," and Americans generally say "Merry Christmas"
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Here's an interesting piece. OK, now moving on from this subject. https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/12/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-christmas-2/ …pic.twitter.com/4S4YWayqP7
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The bigger scandal is that he didn't say "Happy Holidays". It's Obvious that Corbyn, in addition to being an unrepentant sexist, is an unrepentant white male cis-hetero Christian Supremacist. HES A NAZI! Vote for May because she's a woman! It's the progressive thing to do!
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in my experience, Britons generally say Merry Christmas. Corbyn is just odd.
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Brits seem to have fallen beyond the realms of understanding
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"A Merry Christmas is so old There's surely some far better way By which my heart wish may be told For you to read on Christmas Day " Love-letters of a vagabond. Edward Heron-Allen, 1589. Courtesy of Google books (hint: Preservation of old customs in the New World.)
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An example is Cape Breton Island Gaelic culture, sometimes said to be a more pure reflection of early Gaelic music.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-11570673 …
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