Equal opportunity: more Happy [and Merry] Christmases

[Tom Zurinskas]

Google hits
"merry christmas" = 340M
"happy christmas" = 35M



Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
see truespel.com phonetic spelling


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> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:35:01 -0500
> From: Berson at ATT.NET
> Subject: Re: Equal opportunity: more Happy [and Merry] Christmases
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: "Joel S. Berson"
> Subject: Re: Equal opportunity: more Happy [and Merry] Christmases
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> In today's Adam @ Home, equal opportunity strikes. Father Adam says
> "Merry Christmas", mother Laura says "Happy Christmas", daughter Katy
> says "Happy Christmas" in return, and Laura later says "Merry
> Christmas". (Son Clayton just says "Thanks, Dad", and infant Nick
> merely relishes his gift of an empty box.)
>
> Joel
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> At 12/26/2010 01:33 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
> >Heard on showing of Swiss Family Robinson a chorus of Merry Christmas and
> >Happy Christmas greetings.
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> >DK B
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