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24 Dec 2017
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What does "merry Christmas" mean?
What does "merry Christmas" mean?
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“Merry” is just an old way of saying “happy”. People only really use it at Christmas time. It’s pretty much just “happy Christmas.”
Merry Christmas is such a common phrase that ‘happy Christmas’ sounds unnatural, so if you want to give somebody holiday wishes, I suggest the former.
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