Why the Word ‘Merry’ Is Used For Christmas in the U.S. When Other Holidays Use the Descriptor ‘Happy’

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Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain why the word “merry” is used in conjunction with Christmas, when the word “happy” is used more often for holidays in the United States There was Merry Christmas AND Happy Christmas. …Over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries the independent use of […]



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