英国ではHappy Christmasで、Merry Christmasとはならないようです。6:59 On the first Christmas, in the fields above Bethlehem, as they sat in the cold of night watching their resting sheep, the local shepherds must have had no shortage of time for reflection. Suddenly all this was to change. These humble shepherds were the first to hear and ponder the wondrous news of the birth of Christ –
The First Noel – the joy of which we celebrate today. I wish you all a very
Happy Christmas. 注；The First Noel = first Christmas = the birth of Jesus Christ = Nativity = イエス・キリストの降誕
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl9qFERqBpo 2:10 Happy Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPm3CWvDmvc Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojEBo3He3lE 0:39 Noel 確かにフランス語ではChristmasがNoelになっている。
参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2013/12/blog-post_5214.html キリストの降誕を英語でなんと言うか？
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2013/12/grotto.html grotto について
