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I always write Merry Christmas, but I say both Happy and Merry Christmas at times. In writing, there is more thought put into it, and I guess traditionally in the US it is Merry Christmas which is why I write it that way.

Thank you all for your input, I appreciate it

But still don't know if I should consider my finding significant or not

My finding was my POI using the term in writing, and as far as I know his connection to the british is limited to some kind of bizz now and then.

I would say writing it is more odd than saying it, at least in the US.

xEnigm4x wrote:In my experience, most people use Merry Christmas, but I have known people to use Happy Christmas before. I wouldn't say it's extremely rare, but definitely rare.

Google search for "merry christmas": 81.900.000 results.
Google search for "merry christmass": 271.000 results.

So for what it is worth, 0.329% of the time, people use "merry christmass" instead of "merry christmas". It's more uncommon that it is rare.

My POI's mother was born in South Africa, which was an English possession for some time.

I'd wager that a considerable chunk of those "merry christmass" hits (above) are simply typos, so the actual number of people who spell it that way on purpose is much smaller than 0.3 percent.

I've never heard of anyone spelling it that way (on purpose) outside of the Z case. ALA supposedly did, but who knows with him. Could have been something he added to his bag of "suspicious" traits in order to mess with people, I don't remember what sort of documentation we have for that particular detail.

In general, I'd say that if you come across someone who otherwise fits the bill, and who spells it that way without it being contrived, that's at the very least highly interesting.

Norse wrote:I'd wager that a considerable chunk of those "merry christmass" hits (above) are simply typos, so the actual number of people who spell it that way on purpose is much smaller than 0.3 percent.

I've never heard of anyone spelling it that way (on purpose) outside of the Z case. ALA supposedly did, but who knows with him. Could have been something he added to his bag of "suspicious" traits in order to mess with people, I don't remember what sort of documentation we have for that particular detail.

In general, I'd say that if you come across someone who otherwise fits the bill, and who spells it that way without it being contrived, that's at the very least highly interesting.

100% agreed. ALA is such a dubious character, I wouldn't be surprised if he had the time of his life being that way.