merriment vs shtick

merriment

noun
  • Playful fun. 

  • A state of enjoyable exuberance. 

shtick

noun
  • A generally humorous routine. 

  • A gimmick. 

  • A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves. 

How often have the words merriment and shtick occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )