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- | Quite a few people have said "Happy Christmas" | + | Quite a few people have said "Happy Christmas" |
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+ | In this blog post, we explore why some people prefer "Happy Christmas" | ||
===== Happy Christmas ===== | ===== Happy Christmas ===== | ||
+ | The phrase "Happy Christmas" | ||
+ | * Dean of Norwich, The Very Revd Jane Hedges, after a Christmas Procession with Carols. | ||
+ | * Abbot David Charlesworth OSB at the introductory video before BBC One's Midnight Mass. | ||
+ | * King's College Cambridge in the service booklet for A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols [(http:// | ||
+ | * BBC Radio 4 in one of the programmes. | ||
+ | * The Queen herself in Christmas messages[(2012 Christmas Message Transcript https:// | ||
+ | * The Christmas cards from Prince Charles and Princess Diana [(https:// | ||
===== Merry Christmas ===== | ===== Merry Christmas ===== | ||
+ | * Google Trend suggests that within the United Kingdom, "Merry Christmas" | ||
+ | * Google Books Ngram Viewer suggests that within British English Corpus, "Merry Christmas" | ||
+ | * I conducted a survey using Instagram story, of 63 people who viewed the survey, 15 people voted for "Merry Christmas", | ||
+ | * Kensington Palace uses "Merry Christmas" | ||
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+ | Finally, there are a lot of articles on the Internet which explains the origin of the term "Merry Christmas" | ||
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+ | ===== Conclusion ===== | ||
+ | It does seem that "Merry Christmas" | ||
+ | It appears that Prince Charles uses "Happy Christmas" |
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