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TIL the phrase "Merry Christmas" become popular due to Charles Dickins "A Christmas Carol"

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a8MZN TIL that during WW2 the US Army opened a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on Shotwell Road. After a newspaper letter said that the name of the street was inappropriate for wounded soldiers, the street was renamed to Getwell Road.
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