How do I write this please?

mrs.chappie | 21:36 Thu 10th Nov 2011 | ChatterBank

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I am making a Christmas card with a plaque in the corner, bearing the sentiment "tis the season to be jolly".

Do I print - Tis the season to be jolly - or - 'Tis the season to be jolly - or - 'tis the season to be jolly (bearing in mind that I am abbreviating 'it is'. (Or am I abbreviating 'it is'? Is tis an acceptable word in this instance?)

Many thanks for any replies, peeps. x

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NOX

I would write
'Tis the season to be jolly

boxtops

'Tis.

It may be an abbreviation but the T is still the first word of the sentence.

Falalala, lalala la.

grasscarp

I wouldnt worry. It must be lovely to receive one of your hand made cards. The people receiving are not going to say - Mrs Chappie is so illiterate, she has left out the apostrophe.

DTCwordfan

"'Tis the season to be merry, hic."

DTCwordfan

But "she" was my English teacher, grasscarp...

boxtops

someone might send it back with the ' inked in - I'm a devil for doing that in books, I can't bear reading a book with spelling or punctuation mistakes. The one I'm reading at the moment has been a great read, except right near the end, the text reads You when it should be You're. Not enough room to ink it in....

rsvp

I'd go with 'tis the...... cos the apostrophe has taken the place of the first letter and as such would be a capital letter. I also wouldn't worry too much and would love to receive a personal cc from Mrs C

mrs.chappie

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Thanks peeps. I was thinking of 'Tis, but OH reckons it is wrong (what does he know!) :o)

Thanks Grasscarp, tbh I wouldn't be too bothered about the wording if this card was from me....I am being paid to make some personalised cards for someone I don't actually know so I want them to be right (but they probably won't notice).

grasscarp

I love it when you see signs advertising potatoe's and the like. Getting it right is a dying art. Probably the teachers can't correct the children in case it makes them feel inferior or somesuch rubbish.

mrs.chappie

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Rsvp, I'd be happy to send you one but I don't know where you live.

Ann

Its from the carol "Deck the halls with boughs of holly" and on Wiki it is 'Tis but if you google it there are others sites where there is no apostrophe so its probably that in word processing its always a rule of no prenounication.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_the_Halls