可以说 Happy Christmas！ 吗？

习惯上我们都说

Merry Christams and happy New Year!

可以说 Happy Christmas！或 Merry New Year! 吗？

lucy12345678

习惯上我们是不说Merry Christams and happy New Year的

killl

引用第1楼lucy12345678于2007-12-25 21:00发表的 :
习惯上我们是不说Merry Christams and happy New Year的

原因呢？

lucy12345678

引用第2楼killl于2007-12-25 21:04发表的 :


原因呢？

习惯上我们说圣诞快乐，新年好之类的。

kill版上当了。

Just a kidding.

killl

merry所指的快乐一般持续的时间较短,christmas只是一段时间.
happy所指的快乐一般持续较长,所以是happy new year.

merry v. 祝福;庆祝;行乐
adj.高兴的;快乐的

merry是祝福的意思 我们所说的圣诞快乐merry Christmas是意译，直译的话是祝福你圣诞快乐，为了符合中文的意思所以简单翻译成圣诞快乐

另：
如果是 a merry Christmas merry就做 形容词快乐的
I wish you a merry Christmas.
如果是 merry Christmas merry就做动词 祝福;庆祝
Merry Christmas to all of you!


给你一段英文介绍，merry和happy的使用，如果看不懂再找我。
History of Merry Christmas
The word merry itself arouses in us the feelings of joy and happiness associated with the festival of Christmas. Though the Christmas celebrations, as history tells us commenced from the 4th century AD, it was only in the year 1699, that the phrase Merry Christmas came to be used. An English admiral plays a significant role in the History of Merry
Christmas, as it is he who used the term Merry Christmas for the first time in an informal letter in 1699. The words Merry Christmas appeared for the second time in 1843 in Charles Dickens’, “A Christmas Carol”.
The term Merry Christmas is not only used by the Christians to greet each other during the festival of Christmas but by all, irrespective of class as well as religion at the time of the Christmas Festival. In the term Merry Christmas, ‘Merry’ stands for happiness while ‘Christmas’ meant Christ’s Mass in old English.
Many people use the word happy instead of merry to wish each other during the festival of Christmas. This phrase Happy Christmas gained much popularity in the 19th century, as it was used by none other than Queen Elizabeth II. Its worldwide popularity is also evident from the fact that the concluding lines of Clement Moore’s work, ‘A visit from St Nicholas’, written in 1823, which included the words Happy Christmas was changed to Merry Christmas in the various other editions of the book.
The term Happy Christmas is primarily used by the inhabitants of Ireland and United Kingdom. Sometimes to cut it short many use the word Xmas instead of Christmas. The truth is that no other term or phrase can even wish to match the popularity of Merry Christmas. Christmas Carnivals offers information on the History of Merry Christmas.

参考资料
http://www.christmascarnivals.co ... erry-christmas.html

killl

The greetings and farewells "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Christmas" are traditionally used in North America, the United Kingdom, and Ireland beginning a few weeks prior to the Christmas holiday on December 25 of every year. "Merry" dominates in North America; "happy" in the United Kingdom and Ireland.