When did we start saying Merry Christmas?
The first commercially produced Christmas card - 1843 In Old English, the word merry was used to describe anything enjoyable or likable: Robin Hood and his 'merry men', for example
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Where does the word/name Emmanuel come from?
The word Emmanuel is the Hebrew for 'God is with us'. For Christians the birth of Jesus is the physical incarnation of this: Mt:1:23: Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Luke:1:26-39: 26: This is made explicit in Hark the Herald Angel Sing: Glory to God in the ... Jesus our Emmanuel . ... It is also the the theme of the most beautiful carols: