Saying “Merry Christmas” or “Season's Greetings”Around the World
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
Ways to say "Merry Christmas" or "Season's Greetings" in such languages as Afrikaans, Danish, Hindi, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Swahili, Thai, and more.
Language | 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 |
Latin | Natale hilare |
Lithuanian | Linksmu Kaledu |
Maori | Meri Kirihimete |
Norwegian | God Jul |
Polish | Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia |
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 |
See also Names for Santa Around the World, Greetings Around the World, Thank You Around the World, and Saying “Happy New Year!” Around the World.