談點 "merry Christmas" 用語：Charles Dickens 創造它之前，人們如何賀此節日？

 

談點  "merry Christmas"   用語：Charles Dickens 創造它之前，人們如何賀此節日？

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這是談翻譯嗎？可像日本，直接音譯： Japanese: メリークリスマス (merī Kurisumasu)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merry_Christmas

陳玉慧 

你把幸福(merry）放在我的聖誕節(Christmas)了。

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Merry Christmas 是狄更斯先用的，如下，變成節慶的慣用語：

A Christmas Carol"—Charles Dickens's festive tale of redemption—was published on this day in 1843. It is credited with popularising many aspects of the holiday, including the phrase "Merry Christmas!"

"A Christmas Carol" sold out in five days

Charles Dickens's novella was published on December 19th 1843

ECON.ST

查字典：Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more

merry

/ˈmɛri/

adjective

1. cheerful and lively.

   "the streets were dense with merry throngs of students"

   Similar:

   cheerful

   cheery

   in good spirits

   high-spirited

   blithe

   bright

   sunny

   light-hearted

   buoyant

   bubbly

   lively

   carefree

   without a care in the world

   joyful

   joyous

   rejoicing

   jolly

   jocund

   convivial

   festive

   mirthful

   gleeful

   happy

   glad

   laughing

   chirpy

   gay

   frolicsome

   sportive

   blithesome

   Opposite:

   miserable

   sad

   gloomy

   • (of an occasion or season) characterized by festivity and enjoyment.

     "he wished me a merry Christmas"
   • INFORMAL

     slightly and good-humouredly drunk.

     "after the third beer he began to feel quite merry"

     Similar:

     tipsy

     mellow

     slightly drunk

     tiddly

有些人喜歡將聖誕節稱為耶誕，那也只是喜好的選擇，無所謂，只是稱"耶穌誕辰日"，簡稱"耶誕日"。

其實，"聖" 只是"級別"而已<君不見可以"滿街都是聖人"或"至聖"......