Happy New Year! is a sentence by itself, and thus Happy should be capitalized. It would not be necessary to capitalize"birthday" if you were saying"Happy birthday" instead of"Happy New Year". I wish you a merry Christmas and happy New Year. is how I'd capitalize the words if they weren't being used on their own, but rather in a longer sentence.
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Of course, it might be seen as insensitive by some, but a very good option seems to be the phrase"Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year.". This is a fairly good phrase to use if you want to: Make it clear that you believe in Jesus Christ. Inform the listener that you wish them good cheer throughout the dark month of December.
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"I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are having a great new year." Is this grammatically correct? Firstly, there is a tense change. Possibly other problems. Obviously this is correct:"I hope you enjoyed the holidays. I also hope you are having a great new year." But it's stilted beyond all stilted-ness. How do you combine the two sentiments ...
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10. Save this answer. Show activity on this post."I hope you had a nice Christmas" or"I trust you had a nice Christmas" would both suffice. The latter might sound a bit overly-formal to some ears, but if it's a business contact you don't know outside of business that's not necessarily a bad thing. Much is made in some quarters about whether ...
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And finally, Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year. Looking forward to working with you next year. Regards, or. Dear X, Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year. Regarding the project matter for discussion bla bla. Regards, Either of these should be fine. The reference to"family" or"loved ones" makes it less formal - but is ...
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Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. This is an exception to the normal rules of capitalization. Share. Improve this answer . Follow edited Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40. C ...
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That would square well with the Merry Christmas and Happy New Year usage. The definitions of merry I found here and here , and for happy here and here . It might also be worth noting that merry is used in phrases like play merry hell , play Merry Andrew and the alternative meaning of merry (meaning 4) meaning somewhat inebriated, which are all short-term (one hopes) states of affairs.
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8. The first reference I can find in the OED to"Merry Christmas" is from 1534. This date very roughly corresponds with the English Reformation and Henry VIII's breach with Rome. From that time the idea of a"Merry Christmas" seems to take off with several entries in the 17th century. But it cannot, surely, have been protestants, let alone ...
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I wish you a merry Christmas and all the best in 2019. (Jason's suggestion) I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy 2019! (see here) As 2019 approaches, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! On whether merry and happy should be capitalized, see e.g. here (conclusion: probably both capitalized and non-capitalized versions are OK ...
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