Merr Chrismas

Submission 40,195

About

Merr Chrismas is an intentional misspelling of the phrase "Merry Christmas" which is often used in Christmas-themed illustrations featuring various characters, often dinosaurs, expressing enthusiasm for the annual holiday.

Origin

In December 2014, Tumblr^[1] user Bekkie published an illustration of a raptor dinosaur wearing a Christmas Hat with the caption "It Chrismas / Merr Chrismas" (shown below).

On August 1st 2015, the orginal post was removed from Tumblr by Tumblr staff per request of the creator, who stated they wanted it removed due to "multiple copyright issues I ran into with it; lack of sourcing back to me with parodies/reposts, people printing it off and putting it everywhere, all the reposts on tumblr and other websites without my permission or knowledge, and people erasing my watermarks on the works." ^[5]

Spread

On December 14th, 2014, Tumblr user derangedhyena-delphinidae^[4] posted a similar illustration featuring an orca whale (shown below). Over the next several years, the post gained over 15,500 notes.

On December 24th, Tumblr^[2] user kangeera posted a variation of the illustration featuring a raptor creature from the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic (shown below, left). On December 25th, 2015, Tumblr^[3] user lady-noivern published a "Merr Chrismas" illustration of the Pokemon Archeops (shown below, right). Within two years, the post gathered more than 1,900 notes.