How to Say Merry Christmas Around the World
It’s that time of year again and we all know how Christmas is celebrated in the United States but what about Christmas around the world?
Nearly all developed countries celebrate some form of Christmas, whether they are a secular society or based in the Christian faith.
Here is how to say Merry Christmas in different languages
Afrikaans:
Geseënde Kersfees
Afrikander:
Een Plesierige Kerfees
African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja:
Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian:
Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic:
Milad Majid
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
Bosnian: (BOSANSKI)
Cestit Bozici Sretna Nova godina
Brazilian:
Feliz Natal
Breton:
Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian:
Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan:
Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile:
Feliz Navidad
Chinese:
(Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun
Chinese:
(Mandarin) Sheng Dan Kuai Le
Choctaw:
Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia:
Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año 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:
Glædelig Jul
Duri:
Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch:
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
English:
Merry Christmas
Eskimo:
(inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto:
Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian:
Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Ethiopian:
(Amharic) Melkin Yelidet Beaal
Faeroese:
Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Farsi:
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish:
Hyvaa joulua
Flemish:
Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French:
Joyeux Noel
Frisian:
Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Galician:
Bo Nada
Gaelic:
Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German:
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Greek:
Kala Christouyenna!
Haiti:
(Creole) Jwaye Nowel or to Jesus Edo Bri’cho o Rish D’Shato Brichto
Hausa:
Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaiian:
Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew:
Mo’adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi:
Shub Naya Baras (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Hungarian:
Boldog Karácsonyt
Icelandic:
Gledileg Jol
Indonesian:
Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi:
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish:
Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Iroquois:
Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
Italian:
Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese:
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jiberish:
Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
Korean:
Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Kurdish:
Serî sallî nwê pîroz
Lao:
souksan van Christmas
Latin:
Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian:
Prieci’gus Ziemsve’tkus un Laimi’gu Jauno Gadu!
Lausitzian:
Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lettish:
Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian
Linksmu Kaledu
Low Saxon:
Heughliche Winachten un ‘n moi Nijaar
Luxembourgish:
Schèine Chreschtdaag an e gudde Rutsch
Macedonian:
Sreken Bozhik
Maltese:
IL-Milied It-tajjeb
Manx:
Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori:
Meri Kirihimete
Marathi:
Shub Naya Varsh (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Navajo:
Merry Keshmish
Norwegian:
God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Occitan:
Pulit nadal e bona annado
Papiamento:
Bon Pasco
Papua New Guinea:
Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Pennsylvania German:
En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Peru:
Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philippines:
Maligayang Pasko!
Polish:
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese:
Feliz Natal
Pushto:
Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui (Easter Island):
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian:
Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche:
(sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Rumanian:
Sarbatori vesele or Craciun fericit
Russian:
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Sami:
Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan:
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian:
Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Scots Gaelic:
Nollaig Chridheil dhuibh
Serbian:
Hristos se rodi.
Singhalese:
Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak:
Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene:
Vesele Bozicne Praznike Srecno Novo Leto or Vesel Bozic in srecno Novo leto
Spanish:
Feliz Navidad
Swedish:
God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Switzerland:
(Swiss-German): Schöni Wienachte
Tagalog:
Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil:
(Tamizh) Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Trukeese:
(Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Thai:
Sawadee Pee Mai or souksan wan Christmas
Turkish:
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian:
Z Rizdvom Khrystovym or S rozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu:
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Vietnamese:
Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh:
Nadolig Llawen
Yoruba:
E ku odun, e ku iye’dun!
