NO! MY NAME IS Mary Christmas!!!!!
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) - Merry Christmas to you, Mary Christmas. That's what the former Mary Young is hearing this holiday season, after she married Brian Christmas earlier this year.
"It was meant to be," Mary Christmas told the Daily Herald of Provo. "God has a sense of humor. What are the chances that it would ever happen?"
She has found, however, that she is not alone. Mary Christmas has been working at Ancestry.com for three years and discovered there are as many as 100 other Mary Christmases in the United States.
The last name of Christmas has its origins in Wales, she said.
"It was given to people that were born on Christmas Day," she said. "Somewhere back there someone of my husband's ancestors was born on Christmas. It is not a super common name."
Christmas said her husband's grandmother, Joy Christmas, once was stopped at a counter at JCPenney, under suspicion for using a phony name.
The name brings compliments.
"For many people, it seems to make them happy. 'You are my favorite,' they tell me. 'I think of your name and it makes me happy,'" Christmas said.
Her husband, Brian, says the best part of her name is that he has Mary Christmas all year long, not just in December.
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What was funny during an interview on the news she tried to make reservations at a club for dinner they keeped saying "Marry christmas to you to" when she would give her name.[:D]
"It was meant to be," Mary Christmas told the Daily Herald of Provo. "God has a sense of humor. What are the chances that it would ever happen?"
She has found, however, that she is not alone. Mary Christmas has been working at Ancestry.com for three years and discovered there are as many as 100 other Mary Christmases in the United States.
The last name of Christmas has its origins in Wales, she said.
"It was given to people that were born on Christmas Day," she said. "Somewhere back there someone of my husband's ancestors was born on Christmas. It is not a super common name."
Christmas said her husband's grandmother, Joy Christmas, once was stopped at a counter at JCPenney, under suspicion for using a phony name.
The name brings compliments.
"For many people, it seems to make them happy. 'You are my favorite,' they tell me. 'I think of your name and it makes me happy,'" Christmas said.
Her husband, Brian, says the best part of her name is that he has Mary Christmas all year long, not just in December.
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What was funny during an interview on the news she tried to make reservations at a club for dinner they keeped saying "Marry christmas to you to" when she would give her name.[:D]
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That is indeed very unusual to say the least.[:D] 0 -
I worked at a car wash with a lady named Mary Christmas as a teenager. She was the cashier. When a customer would ask who they should pay, I'd just smile and say "Mary Christmas". They'd give me really funny looks considering it was in the middle of summer. [:D] 0 -
[:D][:D] WoW! 0 -
Better than the Army doctor I met at Ft Polk LA- Maj. Major. Yeah, just like Catch 22.[:)] 0 -
Twas the night before Christmas and everyone was making mary, she left so they all jumped for joy!!!.. 0 -
Would they be from MARYland? [:0] 0 -
I had to ID a woman one night who told me her name was Mary Christmas. When she showed me her driver's license, it indeed said Mary Christmas. I was glad I didn't take her $50 bet about that being her real name. 0
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