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Indeed it says more clearly in English "Merry Christmas" (joyful mass of Christ), in German "Weihnachten" (The sacred night) in Spain "Feliz Navidad", (happy nativity), in Italian "Buone Feste Natalizie" (good feast of nativity) and "Christougenna" (in Greek) (birth of Christ) etc ...
No verbal ambiguity in our neighbors, we celebrate the birth of the Savior Jesus Christ; which is not so obvious with the word "Christmas", which reflects the diplomatic spirit and flexibility of the French language, especially if we add the cult of Santa Claus lights and balls.
Others justify the use of the word "Nael" in Luke 2:11 (in the Latin version of St. Jerome) "Natus is Vobis Emmanuel". (He was born for you Emmanuel) Thus, "N" would come from "Natus", "V" from "vobis", "E and L" from "Emmanuel". (NVEL pronounced NAEL) The word "Nael" would mean: "He was born to you Emmanuel"
Others see the contraction of the Hebrew word "Emmanuel" which is pronounced: IMMANOU-EL.
The evolution of the word "Nael" will continue until the year 1175, when the word "Christmas" is written for the first time.
The "O" of "Christmas" would come from the dissimilation1 of the two "A's" of "natalis", and the "O" of "vobis" (The umlaut on the E was added in the year 1718)
The word Christmas would mean: "The day of the birth of Christ, who is God with us".
But there is also a much less Christian hidden meaning: Those who introduced this word of "Christmas" probably wanted to establish a pleasant substitution for the pagans who used the word "noio" which means new and "hel" which designates the sun, which gives the word "Noioel"
To all, Happy celebration
See you tomorrow