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December 5th, 2011 
jane I have posted on how to say I love you in 100 languages before, this time lets learn how to say Merry Christmas or Happy Christmas in different languages.
| Albanian | Gëzuar Krishtlindjen |
| Arabic | Eid Milad Majeed Which means ‘Glorious Birth Feast’ |
| Armenian | Shnorhavor Soorb Tsnund Which means ‘Congratulations for the Holy Birth’ |
| Belgium – FlemishWalloon | Vrolijk Kerstfeestdjoyeus Noyé |
| Bulgarian | ‘vesela ‘koleda |
| ChineseMandarin
Cantonese |
Sheng Dan Kuai Le or 圣诞快乐
Seng Dan Fai Lok or 聖誕快樂 |
| Croatian (and Bosnian) |
Sretan Božić |
| Czech | Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce |
| Danish | Glædelig Jul |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo -Lingala | Mbotama Malamu |
| Estonian | Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi |
| Finnish | Hyvää Joulua |
| FrenchCorsican | Joyeux NoëlBon Natale |
| German | Frohe Weihnacht |
| Ghana – DagbaniAkan | Ni ti Burunya ChouAfishapa |
| Greek | Kala Christougenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα |
| GreenlandicDanish (also used in Greenland) | Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu PilluaritGlædelig Jul |
| Hawaiian | Mele Kalikimaka |
| Holland (Dutch) | Prettige Kerstfeest or Vrolijk Kerstfeest |
| Hungarian | Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket |
| Icelandic | Gleðileg jól |
| India - Hindi and UrduSanskrit
Bengali Tamil Konkani Mizo |
Bade Din ki MubarakKrismasasya shubhkaamnaa
Barodiner shubhechha janai Christhu Jayanthi Nalvaalthukal Khushal Borit Natala Krismas chibai |
| Indonesian | Selamat Natal |
| Iran (Farsi) | Christmas MobArak |
| Irish - Gaelic | Nollaig Shona Dhuit |
| ItalianSicilian | Buon NataleBon Natali |
| Japanese | Meri Kurisumasu (or ‘Meri Kuri’ for short!)Hiragana: めりーくりすます
Katakana: メリークリスマス |
| Korean | Sung Tan Chuk Ha |
| Latvian | Priecïgus Ziemassvºtkus |
| Lithuanian | Linksmos Kaledos |
| Macedonian | Streken Bozhik or Cpeќeн Бoжик |
| Madagascar (Malagasy) | Tratra ny Noely |
| Maltese | Il-Milied it-Tajjeb |
| Malaysia- Bahasa/MalayMalayalam | Selamat Hari NatalPuthuvalsara Aashamsakal |
| Nepali | Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa |
| New Zealand (Maori) | Meri Kirihimete |
| Nigeria - HausaYoruba
Fulani Igbo (Ibo) Edo |
barka dà KirsìmatìE ku odun, e ku iye’dun
Jabbama be salla Kirismati E keresimesi Oma Iselogbe |
| Norwegian | God Jul or Glædelig Jul |
| Philippines (Tagalog) | Maligayang Pasko |
| Polish | Wesołych Świąt |
| Portuguese | Feliz Natal or Boas Festas |
| Romanian | Crặciun Fericit |
| Russian | ‘S Rozhdestvom khristovym |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | Noheli nziza |
| Samoan | Manuia Le Kerisimasi |
| Scotland – ScotsGaelic | Blithe YuleNollaig Chridheil |
| Serbian | Srećan Božić or Cpeћah Бoжић |
| Slovakian | Vesele Vianoce |
| Slovene or Slovenian | Vesel Božič |
| Somali | Kirismas Wacan |
| South Africa (Afrikaans) | Geseënde Kersfees |
| SpanishCatalan
Galician Basque |
Feliz NavidadBon Nadal
Bo Nadal Eguberri on (which means ‘Happy New Day’) |
| Swedish | God Jul |
| Thai | Suk sarn warn Christmas |
| Turkish | Mutlu Noeller |
| Uganda (Lugandan) | Seku Kulu |
| Ukranian | Veseloho Vam Rizdva or Веселого Різдва |
| Vietnamese | Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh |
| Welsh | Nadolig Llawen |
| Zimbabwe – ShonaNdebele | Muve neKisimusiIzilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni |
Source: http://whychristmas.com/customs/languages.shtml
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Hi Jane,
Bakit kaya may merry christmas din na greeting sa mga bansang hindi naman nagce-celebrate ng christams?? hehe, wala lang, naisip ko lang..
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Thanks for sharing these Christmas greetings! With the coming holidays, no one wants to miss greeting their friends from different countries. Thanks for the list! Merry Christmas!
I have a few friends in India in Mumbai and they speak a language called Marathi, wanted to know if you can help me out to wish them. I wished them in Hindi for Christmas, they were very happy and appreciated my effort, but said they spoke Marathi there and not Hindi. I want to wish them in Marathi for New Years and was hoping to get some help. Hoping you spare some time to help me. Thanks.
Since you have decided to do different languages and how people respond in it, I understand that it takes you a long time to get it all together. I am not belittling your efforts, they are verey commendable, but I would like if you more regularily posted. Maybe rather than giving such an elaborate list you could cut down on a little of it. Happy New Years 2012 to you, hope to see more posts in the New Year.
I myself maintain an online journal and when I came across your blog was expecting something similar, but was must say, a tad disappointed. First you do not post regularly, a diary is a daily entry so it is not true to the spirit nor the meaning of diary. Also, there is nothing personal in what you post, it is more just a copy paste from some other place. the thought behind it though seems nice, but the entire spirit of what a journal is has been totally violated. Hope that 2012, a new year sees you following the pattern that your blog is based on. Best always.
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Now that Christmas has passed and the 12 days of Christmas have also past, I would like to firstly see a post here. If you succeed in that then please post some useful cultural exchange here. I have married a Spaniard and am American. We may live here in America mostly, but when we go to Spain for our holidays I feel totally out of place. I am totally unable to understand what they are saying, I will be enrolling in a class soon, but have to go there urgently as my wife’s mother is unwell. So I am still at sea about Spanish. Please post about some useful words to know so that you do not look silly when you are in a foreign country or with foreigners. Something like a know-how or basic language guide-book would help.
Christmas is celebrated all over the world and to come up with greetings in soo many different languages makes it easier to convey the message. Hope it turns out to be different and unique to the people I am going to wish this year.
It is a good way to wish our closed one’s with some creative ideas. Giving happiness to people is a tough job. Your post has given me a chance to do this job in a much easier way! Thanks! I have lot of friends who speak different languages. For them it would be surprising if I would have wished them in their local language. Missed the chance this time! But next time will surely try doing such creative things.
Thanks for sharing this list…I can use this someday thank you for sharing..
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Jane, I like the concept of your blog, it has so much potential. Sadly you are not updating it, which is very sad to see. I feel you are wasting a great place where one can help people communicate and learn about other countries and cultures in the process. Please start writing again. Cheers.
Jane I am totally blown over by your talent and flair for the language. I must confess that it is awesome to see someone with the pool of talent that you have. It is very handy and you should keep posting. I am at a loss after being unable to read anymore posts here on your page after the December one. Please start posting again.
This is the most interesting thing I always wanted to know that how to say “Merry Christmas’ in different languages? My work is to do chatting with clients in different countries and by wishing them in their language is very helpful for business in some way and is quite cool. I heard lot about Italian language but never got a chance to know anything about it but now I can say ‘Buon NataleBon Natali’ to some of our Italian clients or my friends. I will keep looking for more information.
How long did this take you to put together?? good share though.
I’m going to check out the “I love you” post. it is my one year anniversary this month
Just wanted to let you know I really liked this post and I’ll be pinning this on my pinterest!
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