Postby ling » 2015-10-26, 12:00
People often say "Happy Christmas" in the UK, whereas in the US it's very rare. One major exception in the US is in the classic American Christmas poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) by Clement Clarke Moore, which ends with "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night."
The phrase "Merry Christmas" is found in that English Christmas classic, Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843).
But as to why "Merry Christmas" but "Happy" with other holidays, at this point it's just convention.
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