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--- public:merry_christmas_vs_happy_christmas [2018/12/26 00:04] – [Merry Christmas] fangfufu
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   * King's College Cambridge in the service booklet for A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols [(http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/9lc_order_of_service_2018.pdf)].
   * BBC Radio 4 in one of the programmes.
-  * The Queen herself [(2012 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9765734/Queens-Christmas-Day-speech-in-full.html)][(2013 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/25/queen-christmas-message-time-to-reflect)][(2014 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queens-speech-2014-christmas-message-in-full-9944960.html)][(2015 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35178485)][(2016 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/25/the-queens-speech-christmas-day-full-transcript-elizabeth)][(2017 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/watch-queens-christmas-speech-2017-11750074)].
+  * The Queen herself in Christmas messages[(2012 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9765734/Queens-Christmas-Day-speech-in-full.html)][(2013 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/25/queen-christmas-message-time-to-reflect)][(2014 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queens-speech-2014-christmas-message-in-full-9944960.html)][(2015 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35178485)][(2016 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/25/the-queens-speech-christmas-day-full-transcript-elizabeth)][(2017 Christmas Message Transcript https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/watch-queens-christmas-speech-2017-11750074)].
+  * The Christmas cards from Prince Charles and Princess Diana [(https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g3072/royal-christmas-cards/)].
 ===== Merry Christmas =====
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   * Kensington Palace uses "Merry Christmas" at least on their Instagram account [(https://www.instagram.com/p/BrzvoeklAhP/)][(https://www.instagram.com/p/_bXtS3KZDM/)]
-Finally, there are a lot of articles on the Internet which explains the origin of the term "Merry Christmas [(History of the Phrase Merry Christmas https://www.allthingschristmas.com/history-of-christmas/history-phrase-merry-christmas/)][(The meaning and origin of the expression: Merry Christmas https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/merry-christmas.html)][(Merry Christmas vs Happy Christmas https://grammarist.com/spelling/merry-christmas-vs-happy-christmas/)]
+Finally, there are a lot of articles on the Internet which explains the origin of the term "Merry Christmas" [(History of the Phrase Merry Christmas https://www.allthingschristmas.com/history-of-christmas/history-phrase-merry-christmas/)][(The meaning and origin of the expression: Merry Christmas https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/merry-christmas.html)][(Merry Christmas vs Happy Christmas https://grammarist.com/spelling/merry-christmas-vs-happy-christmas/)].
 ===== Conclusion =====
 It does seem that "Merry Christmas" is more commonly used. However I am going to stick to what the Queen says. So "Happy Christmas" it is.
+It appears that Prince Charles uses "Happy Christmas" too. Kensington Palace is used by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, they appear to use "Merry Christmas". So perhaps when Prince William becomes the King, "Merry Christmas" will become common again.