(according to 'yahoo')
'Merry' in old English was 'myrnge' which meant
'pleasant.'
Christ-mass ...The mass of Christ.
The word
'Christ' means...
the Lord's Anointed One... from the Greek "Christos".
In the whole word Christmas, the suffix...
"-mas" evolves from the Old English word "maesse", meaning...
festival, feast day, or mass.
The phrase 'Christmas' was first recorded in
1038. (Wikipedia)
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