Il est donc question de don et non plus de Noël. Ce slogan douteux semble l'avoir emporté sur d'autres ballons d'essai, du genre «we wish you a merry loonie» ou «have yourself a merry little time at the Mint».
Apparently the jingle won out over some other trial balloons like “we wish you a merry loonie” and that other old favourite “have yourself a merry little time at the Mint”.