Crusaders like baby Jesus before them were soon blessed with a gift from the king during the monarchy's first ever Christmas Day message of 1932, written by Rudyard Kipling and broadcast over the radio to the entire empire. George V. Wished everyone a happy Christmas. George VI took up the happy mantle during his reign, as did Elizabeth II. After him. Their Christmas Day broadcasts made it abundantly clear that Happy Christmas was high society's holiday greeting of choice