Christmas Around the World

Christmas history, traditions and celebrations from around the world:

'Merry Christmas' in over 70 languages!

(Feel free to cut and paste the following in your E-Cards.)

Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees
Argentine: Feliz Navidad
Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Krismas
Basque: Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On
Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Chinese: (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian: Sretan Bozic
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish: Gldelig Jul
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English: Merry Christmas
Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian: Roomsaid Joulu Puhi
Finnish: Hauskaa joulua
French: Joyeux Noel
Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
German: Froehliche Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr!
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hauoli Makahiki ho
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Kurisumasu Omedeto
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto (Happy New Year in Japanese)
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian: Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Malaysia: Selamat Hari Krismas
Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
Norwegian: God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar
Philippines: Maligayang Pasko
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese: Boas Festas
Rapa-Nui: Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Samoan: Maunia Le Kilisimasi ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scottish: Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce a stastlivy Novy rok
Slovene: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai (Happy New Year)
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese: Chúa Mừng Giáng Sinh
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen

Thank you to Becky Ross for compiling this list for her third grade class and sharing it with E-Cards!

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