I am glad to hear such happy tidings, since, other than Cugel, you are my only friend.

"I bring gifts and happy tidings," the wizard cackled.

"Gifts and happy tidings," sang the wizard.

While we would have preferred happier tidings, I take considerable pleasure in reporting that the Comptroller's dire predictions are unwarranted.

But now let us move on to happier tidings, the triumphant return of our cousin Ro.

"I must carry these happy tidings to my lord," she said.

Give these happy tidings to your sister, my dear cousin.

These happy tidings are expressed in many different ways in many different countries.

She sent him a note when he was elected President; he sent "happy tidings" when she remarried.

In his forthcoming book, "The Progress Paradox," Gregg Easterbrook piles on the happy tidings.