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English [ edit ] merry Christmas !
Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day .
Merry Christmas , Jack.Same to you. And a happy New Year. Have a merry Christmas , Jack. / Merry Christmas to you and your family.1722 , The Hiſtorical Regiſter , volume VII, № XXVIII, “An Anſwer from the Marqueſs of ———— to the Letter of a Prelate, concerning Cardinal Alberoni ”, pages 291–292 I am aſhamed to talk of theſe Trifles, but to make you ſenſible by the Way, that the Spaniards are not ſo ungrateful as you repreſent them, I ſhall tell you, that the Money ariſing out of the Sale that was made of the Wine and Chocolate belonging to the Cardinal at his Departure, was more than ſufficient to defray the Expences of his Journey, and had he continued fifteen Days longer at Madrid , he would have received by the Poſt a Bill of 1000 Piſtoles, with which a Friend wiſhed him a merry Chriſtmas , which Sum was paid by the King’s Orders to the Government of Madrid to be employed for the Benefit of the Publick. Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
good wishes at Christmas time
Afrikaans: geseënde kerfees
Akan: Afishapa
Albanian: gëzuar Krishtlindja
Alutiiq: Nunaniqsaakici Aʀusistuami
Amharic: መልካም ገና ( mälkam gäna )
Arabic: عِيد مِيلَاد مَجِيد ( ʿīd mīlād majīd ) , مِيلَاد مَجِيد ( mīlād majīd )
Aragonese: feliz nadal
Armenian: շնորհավոր Սուրբ Ծնունդ ( šnorhavor Surb Cnund )
Asturian: feliz navidá
Aymara: sooma nawira-ra
Azerbaijani: xoşbəxt milad
Basque: Eguberri on (eu)
Belarusian: з Каляда́мі ( z Kaljadámi ) , з Нараджэ́ннем ( z Naradžénnjem ) , з Нараджэ́ннем Хрыстовым ( z Naradžénnjem Xrystóvym )
Breton: nedeleg laouen
Bulgarian: Весела Коледа ( Vesela Koleda )
Burmese: Hnit thit ku mingalar pa
Catalan: bon Nadal (ca)
Cebuano: malipayong pasko
Cherokee: ᎤᏬᏢᏗ ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ ( uwotlvdi danisdayohihv )
Chichewa: khrisimasi yabwino
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聖誕快樂 (zh) , 圣诞快乐 (zh) ( Shèngdàn kuàilè ) , 聖誕節快樂 圣诞节快乐 ( Shèngdànjié kuàilè )
Cornish: Nadelik Lowen
Corsican: Bon Natale è pace è salute
Czech: veselé Vánoce (cs)
Danish: glædelig jul (da) , god jul (da)
Dutch: vrolijk kerstfeest prettig kerstfeest
Esperanto: ĝojan Kristnaskon
Estonian: häid jõule (et)
Ewe: Blunya na wo
Faroese: gleðilig jól
Finnish: hyvää joulua hauskaa joulua
French: joyeux Noël (fr)
Galician: bo Nadal! m
Georgian: შობას გილოცავთ (ka) ( šobas gilocavt )
German: frohe Weihnachten (de) , fröhliche Weihnachten
Greek: καλά Χριστούγεννα (el) ( kalá Christoúgenna )
Greenlandic: juullimi pilluarit juullisiorluarit
Haitian Creole: Jwaye Nowèl
Hawaiian: mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew: חג מולד שמח ( khag molad sameakh )
Hindi: शुभ बड़ा दिन ( śubh baṛā din ) , शुभ क्रिस्मस ( śubh krismas ) , मेरी क्रिसमस ( merī krismas ) , क्रिसमस मुबारक ( krismas mubārak )
Hungarian: boldog karácsonyt (hu)
Icelandic: gleðileg jól (is)
Indonesian: selamat hari Natal (id) , selamat Natal (id)
Irish: Nollaig Shona
Italian: buon Natale
Japanese: メリークリスマス (ja) ( Meri Kurisumasu )
Javanese: sugeng Natal
Jingpho: ngwi pyaw ai X'mas rai u ga!
Karo Batak: selamat wari Natal
Kazakh: рождество құтты болсын ( rojdestvo quttı bolsın )
Khmer: រីករាយថ្ងៃបុណ្យណូអែល ( riikriəythngaybonyɔɔnouʾael ) , បុណ្យណូអែល ( bon-nouʾael )
Korean: 즐거운 성탄절 ( jeulgeoun seongtanjeol ) , 메리 크리스마스 (ko) ( meri keuriseumaseu )
Kyrgyz: Жаратканнын туысымен ( Caratkannın tuısımen )
Lao: ສຸກສັນວັນຄຣິດສມາດ ( suk san wan kha rit sa māt )
Latin: felix dies Nativitatis Natale Hilare
Latvian: priecīgus Ziemassvētkus
Lithuanian: Linksmų Kalėdų
Livonian: rīemliži talšpivḑi
Lushootseed: haʔɬ pədx̌aʔx̌aʔ
Luxembourgish: schéine Chrëschtdag
Macedonian: Среќен Божиќ ( Sreḱen Božiḱ ) , Христос се роди ( Hristos se rodi ) ( greeting ) , Навистина се роди ( Navistina se rodi ) ( reply )
Malay: selamat hari Natal selamat Natal
Maltese: il-Milied it-Tajjeb
Moksha: Роштува мархта ( Roštuva marxta )
Mongolian: Зул сарын мэнд хүргэе ( Zul saryn mend hürgeje )
Navajo: Yáʼátʼééh Késhmish Nizhónígo Késhmish Adííłeeł
Norman: un bouan Noué! ( Jersey )
Norwegian: god jul (no)
Occitan: Bon Nadal
Papiamentu: Bon Pascu
Persian: میلاد مسیح مبارک باد ( milâd-e masih mobârak bâd ) , کریسمس مبارک ( kerismas mobârak )
Polish: Wesołych Świąt (pl) , Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia
Portuguese: Feliz Natal (pt)
Romanian: Crăciun fericit (ro)
Russian: с Рождество́м (ru) ( s Roždestvóm ) , с Рождество́м Христо́вым ( s Roždestvóm Xristóvym ) , Весёлого Рождества́ ( Vesjólovo Roždestvá ) , Счастли́вого Рождества́ ( Sčastlívovo Roždestvá )
Sami:
Lule: buorre javla
Northern: buorre juovla
Southern: buerie jåvle
Samoan: Manuia le Kerisimasi
Scottish Gaelic: Nollaig Chridheil
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Срећан Божић Сретан Божић Христос се роди Ваистину се роди
Roman: Srećan Božić Sretan Božić Hristos se rodi Vaistinu se rodi
Silesian: Radosnych Godōw
Sinhalese: සුභ නත්තලක් ( subha nattalak )
Slovak: veselé Vianoce
Slovene: Vesel božič
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Wjasołe gódy
Upper Sorbian: wjesołe hody
Spanish: feliz Navidad (es)
Sundanese: wilujeng Natal
Swahili: heri ya Krismasi Krismasi njema
Swedish: god jul (sv)
Tagalog: maligayang pasko
Tajik: мавлуди Исо муборак ( mavludi Iso muborak )
Tamil: கிறிஸ்துமஸ் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் ( kiṟistumas nalvāḻttukkaḷ )
Telugu: మెర్రీ క్రిస్మస్ ( merrī krismas )
Thai: สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส ( sùk-sǎn wan krís-mâas )
Turkish: mutlu Noeller
Ukrainian: з Різдво́м ( z Rizdvóm ) , з Різдво́м Христо́вим ( z Rizdvóm Xrystóvym )
Urdu: کرسمس مبارک ( krismas mubārak ) , میری کرسمس ( merī krismas ) , شبھ کرسمس ( shubh krismas ) , شبھ بڑا دن ( shubh baṛā din )
Uzbek: rojdestvo muborak
Vietnamese: chúc mừng Giáng sinh chúc mừng Nô-en chức mừng Giáng sinh chức mừng Nô-en
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
West Frisian: noflike krystdagen
Yiddish: אַ פֿריילעכן ניטל ( a freylekhn nitl )
Yup'ik: Alussistuaqegtaarmek piamken Alussistuaqegcikici ( plural subject, plural object )
Zulu: uKhisimusi oMuhle
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