pronouncing 'Merry Christmas' rather than 'satisfied Christmas' seems to head lower back several hundred years. it is first recorded in 1534 when John Fisher an English Catholic Bishop in the 1500s wrote it in a Christmas letter to Thomas Cromwell in 1534 "And this our lord god send you a mery Christmas, and a comfortable, for your heart’s preference."
there's additionally the carol "God rest You Merry, gentlemen" which dates returned to the 16th century in England. It comes from the West united states in England and it was first posted inside the form we comprehend it nowadays in 1760.
in the English language of the time, the word 'rest You Merry' did not imply truly to be glad; 'rest' supposed "to maintain, cause to continue to stay" and 'merry' ought to suggest "satisfactory, bountiful, wealthy". so you ought to write the first line as "May God keep you and preserve to make you a success and wealthy, gents" however that could be tough to sing!
The comma within the phrase have to be AFTER the 'merry' no longer before it! but it's regularly positioned after the merry which changes the which means to make 'merry Gentleman' and so a 'Merry Christmas'!
The term 'Merry Christmas' might properly were made very popular in 1843 from one-of-a-kind resources.
the primary Christmas Card, sent in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole, had this wording on it: "A Merry Christmas and a satisfied New year to You".
the first Christmas Card
"Firstchristmascard". certified underneath Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
A Christmas Carol with the aid of Charles Dickens became also posted in 1843 and the word 'Merry Christmas' appears 21 times inside the e book! Charles Dickens additionally quoted "God rest You Merry, gents" in A Christmas Carol, but changed it to: "God bless you, merry gentleman! may also not anything you dismay!" moving the comma to before the merry!
The Carol "We desire You a Merry Christmas [and a Happy New Year" is another vintage carol from the 'West us of a' (South West England) but became most effective first posted in 1935 and this in all likelihood showed the use of 'Merry Christmas' over 'satisfied Christmas'.
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