Nobody told Solo to smile, he later told us. =)
It’s always curious to me that my family from Trinidad (and pretty much everyone else in the world outside of the US) says “Happy Christmas” instead of the American “Merry Christmas.” I finally looked up the etymology of “Merry…” vs “Happy…” and it was interesting! Read about it here, if you like. To summarize, it sounds as if “merry” is a lot less restrained and more all-out fun, which makes sense since “happy” was used by the queen who made it popular…
