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Wish Someone Merry Christmas in 33 Languages

Merry Christmas!
Christmas is a great time to reach out to your ethnic neighbors.

Foreign-born believers will be pleased when you wish them "Merry Christmas" in their native language. (And they'll enjoy helping you with the pronunciation!) Here are Christmas greetings in over 75 languages*:

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Afrikaans
'n Geseende Kersfees en 'n voorspoedige Nuwejaar

Afrikander
Een Plesierige Kerfees

Albanian
Gezuar Krishtlindje

Arabic
I'D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA

Armenian
Shnorhavor Surp Dznunt

Azeri
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun

Basque
Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On

Bengali
Bodo Din Shubh Lamona

Bohemian
Vesele Vanoce

Breton
Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat

Bulgarian
Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo

Celtic
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Chinese (Mandarin)
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan

Chinese (Catonese)
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun

Chinese (Hong Kong)
Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan

Cornish
Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth

Cree
Mitho Makosi Kesikansi

Croatian
Sretan Bozic

Czech
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok

Danish
Glaedelig Jul

Dutch
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!

English
Merry Christmas

Esperanto
Gajan Kristnaskon

Estonian
Roomsaid Joulu Puhi

Farsi
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad

Finnish
Hyvaa joulua

French
Joyeux Noel

Frisian
Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!

German
Froehliche Weihnachten

Greek
Kala Christouyenna!

Hawaiian
Mele Kalikimaka

Hebrew
Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova

Hindi
Bada Din Mubarak Ho

Hungarian
Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket

Icelandic
Gledileg Jol

Indonesian
Selamat Hari Natal

Iraqi
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah

Irish
Nollaig Shona Dhuit

Italian
Buone Feste Natalizie

Japanese
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto

Kala
Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Etos

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

Marathi
Shub Naya Varsh

Navajo
Merry Keshmish

Northern Sotho
Matlhatse le matlhogonolo mo ngwageng o moswa

Norwegian
God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar

Pennsylvania German
En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!

Papiamento
Bon Pasku i Felis Anja Nobo

Polish
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia

Portuguese
Feliz Natal

Rapa-Nui
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua

Romanian
Craciun Fericit

Russian
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom

Samoan
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou

Scottish
Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur

Serbian
Hristos se rodi!

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

Turkish
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun

Ukrainian
Z Rizdvom Khrystovym!

Urdu
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho

Vietnamese
Chung Mung Giang Sinh

Waray
Maupay nga Pasko ngan Mainuswagon nga Bag-o nga Tu-ig

Welsh
Nadolig Llawen

Zulu
Nginifisela inhlanhla ne mpumelelo e nyakeni

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* These Christmas greetings were reprinted with permission from Brigada Today.

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