Have a [Merry/Happy] Christmas! Choosing a Christmas greeting can be a heated issue for many revellers around the western world at Christmastime. Whilst Americans battle between choosing a Christian ‘Merry Christmas’ and a more culturally-encompassing ‘Happy Holidays’, us British are at odds with two collocative phrases surrounding the noun Christmas: Merry Christmas and Happy Christmas….Continue Reading Language for Every Occasion: Christmas Linguistics by Ben Jones