Why "Merry" instead of Happy Christmas?

In Western countries,

Every Christmas,

Friends will bless each other,

Meet also say Merry Christmas.

So, here's the question for today.

Why Christmas is used

“Merry Christmas”

Instead of

“Happy Christmas”呢？

How to say "Merry Christmas" in English?

The question of the origin of "Merry Christmas" is actually still relatively vague. The earliest use of "Merry Christmas" dates back to 1534, in a Christmas congratulatory letter written by Roman Catholic Bishop John Fisher of England to the English politician Thomas Cromwell. By 1843, charles Dickens, the great British writer and author of A Tale of Two Cities, used Merry Christmas several times in his work, and it has become popular ever since.

Example:

Merry Christmas, my best friend.

Merry Christmas to my best friend!

Is "Happy Christmas" wrong?

"Happy Christmas" is also the right expression, but only Elizabeth II said so. Because the British royal family has always paid attention to tradition, and Merry has the meaning of "slightly drunk", saying that Merry Christmas will lose the identity of the queen, so every time will say "Happy Christmas", over time, many people in the United Kingdom and the queen no longer use the word merry.

I wish you a very happy Christmas.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Why is Christmas spelled "Xmas"?

In fact, in ancient times, Christmas was not a word, but the phrase Christ's mass. Christ comes from the Greek word Christos, which means "Christ, Savior." Mass, on the other hand, comes from the Latin word missa, which means "Mass." After evolution, people gradually wrote Christ and mass as a Christmas.

Origin of Xmas: In ancient Greek, the title "Christ" was written as Χριστ, which was later transliterated into The Latin Christus, meaning "The Anointed" in English, referring to a person who had been anointed by the Divine Anoint, the "Savior". Χριστ The letter that begins with the word is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, called Chi in English and pronounced / ka /. Chi is written very similarly to the 24th letter X in the English alphabet. So the monks and scholars who were able to read the original Greek used Xmas as a shorthand form of Christmas.

So how exactly does Xmas read? In fact, it is generally pronounced as "Christmas", but some people pronounce it literally "X", but this is slightly "non-mainstream".

It would be nice to have my Dad home for Xmas.

It would be nice to have Dad at home for Christmas.