Wishing you a
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year
Here are a few ways people around the world say 'Merry Christmas'
Afrikaans — "Gesëende Kersfees"
Czech — "Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok"
Danish — "Glædelig Jul" Esperanto — "Gajan Kristnaskon" Finnish — "Hyvää Joulua" French — "Joyeux Noël" German — "Froehliche Weihnachten" Greek — "Kala Christouyenna" Hawaiian — "Mele Kalikimaka" Hindi — "Bada Din Mubarak Ho" Icelandic — "Gledileg Jol" Irish — "Nollaig Shona Dhuit"
Italian — "Buon Natale" or "Buone Feste Natalizie"
Japanese — "Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto"
Korean — "Sung Tan Chuk Ha" Lithuanian — "Linksmu Kaledu" Maori — "Meri Kirihimete" Norwegian — "God Jul"
Polish — "Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia"
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Portuguese — "Feliz Natal" Russian — "Srozhdestovm Kristovim" Spanish — "Feliz Navidad" Swahili — "Kuwa na Krismasi njema" Tagalog — "Maligayang Pasko" Thai — "Suksun Wan Christmas"
Vietnamese — "Chuc Mung Giang Sinh"
Welsh — "Nadolig Llawen" CityViewNC.com | 59
