Just as in your question !They tend to say "Happy Christmas" instead of "Merry".Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays.
Just a mattter of where your from really. Americans say merry whereas British folks would say happy.
"Merry Christmas!" in Italian is "Buon Natale!"
Joy or joyful
Well, I'm pretty sure it's a tradition.
Tradition. Either one is grammatically correct, but when most people say "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Birthday", then that is what you expect to hear. In fact, in some places, people say "Happy Christmas". "Merry Brithday" is also used at times.
Yes. In fact I noted that the British post office canceled stamps at Christmas with the phrase , "Happy Christmas" . In America people say "Merry Christmas" but 'Happy New Year".
We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin, good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year! We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! That was the version we did in school for the Winter Show we did :D
We say Merry Christmas or Happy Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy New year
So we can wish people a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year