Posted on 11/06/2005 11:56:32 AM PST by kristhumas
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in different languages (Send Christmas greetings to your friend in his/her own language):
Afrikaans : Gesdeende Kersfees
Afrikander : Een Plesierige Kerfees
African/Eritrean/Tigrinja : Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian : Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic : Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine : Feliz Navidad
Armenian : Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri : Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia : Selamat Hari Natal
Basque : Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali : Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian : Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian : Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton : Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian : T chestita Koleda
Catalan : Bon nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Cherokee (US-Native American): Uwotlvdi Danisdoyohihv, Alihelisdi Itse Sudetiyvda
Chile : Feliz Navidad
Chinese (Cantonese) : Gun Tso Son Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese (Mandarin) : Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan choctav: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia : Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo
Cornish : Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian : Pace e Salute
Crazanian : Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree : Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian : Sretan Bozic
Czech : Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish : Glaedelig Jul
Duri : Christmas-e-Shoma Mobarak
and so on...........
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Actually, this means "Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Anus."
Might not be the exact sentiment you're trying to convey.
Remember the squiggle: ~ It's spelled: Año
What about Arbor day?
Kala Xristouyenna!
In Greece it's a solemn holiday with gift exhange and continues until Epiphany on January 6th.
On the day and evening before Christmas and New Year's, children sing the equivalent of carols (kalanda) from house to house. These kalandas bless the house. To hear some go to
http://kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus/epiktitos/video/video.htm
and go down to CAROLS FROM GREECE AND CYPRUS
Beautiful!
Gilotsavt Kristis Shobas!
(Greetings, Merry Christmas, in Georgian)
"S Novim Godom i rogdestvom!"
Happy New Year & Merry Christmas - in Russian ;-)
IN Serbian
Hristos se rodi!
Show off.
Frölich Weihnachtenzeit! (German)
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