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Anonymous wrote:What, no. And none of my Catholic relatives say the t either.

Agree. I am Catholic and I have never heard the "T" in anyone from the US.

I am surprised that in some places "Mary" and "Merry." For those of you, do "hairy" and "berry" rhyme"? I am from the Northeast and and Mary has a long A (like Maid) while Merry has a short E (like Bed).

Yes, hairy and berry rhyme to this Midwesterner.

Many midwesterners also say bed and bad in very similar ways. Dad said like “dyad.”

Anonymous wrote:About as often as I pronounce the “t” in often, which isn’t often.

Off-ten drives me crazy. Same as goff for golf.
I off-ten play goff on Christ-mas. 😂

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is silent. And your husband is weird.

Lawyer up, hit the gym etc.

Hahahahahahahaha

I do not think I have ever heard the T pronounced.

where is your husband from, OP?

In most American dialects the t is silent in Christmas.

Anonymous wrote:Back in early elementary school for the holiday concert we had to sing We Wish You a Merry Christmas. In rehearsals they kept telling us we had to emphasize the T in Christmas, so it was like ChrisT-mas. Somehow, this memory came floating back up with this thread. Normally, I do not pronounce the T.

Singer here. That's just a singing technique. You're supposed to emphasize (crisp out) certain sounds and de-emphasize others because otherwise all the audience hears is "sssss".

Anonymous wrote:Democrats don't pronounce the T in Trump

I like to pronounce it with an F. Tuck Frump.

Only when I'm trying to annoy my bible-thumper relatives.

I purposely say, "Merry CHRIST-mas!" to them because they are always posting nonsense about keeping the Christ in Christmas and boycotting places that say Happy Holidays. So that's what I do - I keep the Christ in there, baby!

I mean, his name wasn't Jesus Chris-tuh so why should it be Chris-tuh-mas?

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Anonymous wrote:What, no. And none of my Catholic relatives say the t either.

Agree. I am Catholic and I have never heard the "T" in anyone from the US.

I am surprised that in some places "Mary" and "Merry." For those of you, do "hairy" and "berry" rhyme"? I am from the Northeast and and Mary has a long A (like Maid) while Merry has a short E (like Bed).

Yes, hairy and berry rhyme to this Midwesterner.

Democrats don't pronounce the T in Trump

Back in early elementary school for the holiday concert we had to sing We Wish You a Merry Christmas. In rehearsals they kept telling us we had to emphasize the T in Christmas, so it was like ChrisT-mas. Somehow, this memory came floating back up with this thread. Normally, I do not pronounce the T.

I was raised Catholic and the “t” is silent. This isn’t a religion thing.

Anonymous wrote:Not everybody is a Christian you know, OP. Couldn’t you have started a conversation on something a little more meaningful during the holidays?

Do you pronounce the second K in Hanukkah?

ChrIsT-mas