Almost everyone doesn't know how the phrase Merry Christmas was coined. I did a lil digging and came up with this. Not too interesting, but no knowledge is a waste.

Christmas has been celebrated since the 4th century AD; the first known usage of any Christmas greeting was in 1565, when it appeared in The Hereford Municipal Manuscript: "And thus I commit you to God, who send you a merry Christmas”.

‘Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year’ was also in an informal letter written by an English Admiral in 1699. The same phrase is contained in the 16th century carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" as well as in the first commercial Christmas card, produced in England in 1843.

Also in 1843, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was published and it was around that time, that Christmas as we now know it was largely invented. The word merry was then beginning to take on its current meaning of 'jovial, and outgoing'. Prior to that, in the times when other 'merry' phrases were coined, for example, make merry (circa 1300), Merry England (circa 1400) and the merry month of May (1560s), merry had a different meaning – 'pleasant, peaceful and agreeable'.

Some people adopt Seasons Greetings or Happy Holidays as their greeting in order to be 'neutral' and capture people of all faiths and religions. But without doubt, Merry Christmas is by far the most popular Christmas greeting the world over and now you know why.

Enjoy the day and the season.
Merry Christmas.

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