Fifth grader Giselle Fernandez created the winning design for the Wichita Falls ISD School Board's Christmas card this year: a colorful depiction of "Merry Christmas" in sign language.

Using “Merry” as part of the Christmas greeting is first recorded in 1534, in a Dec. 22 letter from Bishop John Fisher to Thomas Cromwell, which closed, “and this our Lord God send you a ...