[HPforGrownups] Re: Merry Christmas...(OT-ish)

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 6603

Scott said:

> Also you mention that Hermione wishes them a Merry Christmas...is
> this a change for the American edition being that most British people
> say Happy Christmas?

As far as I'm aware, most British people would say "Merry Christmas" and
"Happy New Year" (...or "Bah, Humbug!").  In PS, Ron Weasley does greet
Harry with "Happy Christmas," but "Merry Christmas" is used elsewhere.  That
fits with my observation that "Happy" is a less popular variant.

Perhaps the people who eat Yorkshire Pudding with lamb say "Happy
Christmas"?

Neil, picking hamster bones out of his teeth...
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"Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing
mysterious to bother him, fell asleep almost
as soon as he'd drawn the curtains of his
four-poster."

[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]