(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)
