[PW] Re: Merry Christmas

[Simon Cauchi]

On 14/11/2006, at 3:18 AM, TED NESBITT wrote:

> Why, for standard American English, is Christmas merry  -- and nothing 
> else?
> You'd never wish someone a "merry birthday" or describe someone as 
> merry.

No, but we do say, of convivial gatherings, "The more, the merrier".
(I presume that's said in AmE as well as BrE and Down Under E.)

Simon Cauchi
<simon.cauchi at xtra.co.nz>