Merry Christmas to you, Mary Christmas that is. LIke M-A-R-Y Mary. That's what the former Mary Young is hearing this holiday season, after she married Brian Christmas earlier this year in the U-S.

"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 added.

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 explained. "Somewhere back there one of her husband's ancestors was born on Christmas. But she said it is not a super common name."