Merry Christmas! wishes

2022 - 12 - 23

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Readers send Christmas wishes to Hairy Bikers Dave Myers and Si ... (Worcester News)

It comes after Barrow-born Dave wished fans a “Merry Christmas from Maastricht Christmas Market." Readers exchanged seasonal greetings and good tidings, ...

Jeanne Green said: “Merry Christmas Dave, Si, and all your family’s. Melanie Richardson said: “Merry Christmas to you and your family! Jacqui Slinn said: “Have a wonderful Christmas with lots of love and healthy new years to come. Richard Pawelko said: “Merry Christmas to you and yours Dave. Sue Commerford said: Merry Christmas Dave! Hope new year brings you and your family and your Best Buddy, Si all you wish for.”

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The religious origins of the greeting “Merry Christmas!” (Aleteia EN)

For a phrase that is said by millions around the world, it originated many centuries ago, as a recent discovery shows.

Booth begins the letter with: “I praye God ye may be all in good charite and mery this Crystmas.” As conditions in jail were harsh, he wrote to Thomas Cromwell, the proponent to Henry VIII’s Reformation, to ask for some essentials, signing off with, “And this our Lord God send you a merry Christmas.” Interestingly, Cromwell, too, lost his head for daring to disagree with the tyrannical Henry VIII.

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