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Christmas around the World

Dec 15th, 2009 | By Ioana | Category: English

Christmas as they say is the time to be merry. And, indeed, we tend to be more cheerful and good natured as this special holiday approaches. As a consequence,we start writing cards to all of our friends and acquaintances to share all these firtree-inspired feelings. But what about our international friends? Shouldn't write something in their mother tongue to make things more personal?

To help you fight this christmassy linguistic drama, we’ve done a bit of research and come up with the most frequent international Christmas greetings. So, get a hold of that pen and start writing away! This is a great aid when you want to write cards to friends and family living abroad!

German:  Fröhliche Weihnachten

English:  Happy Christmas / Merry Christmas

French:  Joyeux Noël

Italian:  Buon Natale

Spanish:  Feliz Navidad

Portuguese:  Feliz Natal

Polish:  Wesołych Świąt

Turkish:  Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun

Romanian:  Crăciun Fericit

Greek:  Kala Christougenna

Russian:  Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom

Dutch:  Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

Swedish:  God Jul och Gott Nytt År

Finnish:  Hyvää Joulua or Hauskaa Joulua - Onnellista uutta vuotta

Norwegian:  Eg ynskjer hermed Dykk alle ein God Jul og Godt Nyttår

Chinese:   圣诞快乐 (shèng dàn kuài lè)

Danish:  Glaedelig Jul

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  6. Benny the Irish polyglot December 15th, 2009 19:47 :

    Irish Gaelic: Nollaig shona dhuit! :)
    Esperanto: Feliĉan Kristnaskton!

  7. uberVU - social comments December 15th, 2009 19:48 :

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  8. Viviana December 18th, 2009 01:13 :

    The Dutch version post above includes “Happy New Year = Gelukkig Nieuwjaar”
    which in Spanish is: Feliz Año Nuevo and in French is: Bonne Année