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'Merry Christmas' in Modern Greek , pronounced: KaLAH Krees-TOU-yenna; literally: good Christ-birth
Merry Christmas! in Russian
pronounced: s rozh-dest-VOM Chrest-OV-im
(literal meaning: for the Nativity of Christ)
Hungarian holiday greeting
(literal meaning: pleasant Christmas celebrations and a Happy New Year)
Merry Christmas in Many Languages
(and in some languages Happy New Year)
Albanian: Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic: Idah Saidan
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 Portuguese: Boas Festas
Breton: Nedeleg laouen
Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan: Bon Nadal
Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Chinese (Catonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbian Spanish: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Cornish: Nadelik looan
Corsican: Pace e salute
Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian: Sretan Bozic
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce
Danish: Glædelig Jul
Duri: Christmas-e-Shoma Mobarak
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest or Prettige Kerstdagen
English: Merry Christmas
Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
Faeroese: Gledhilig jol
Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest
French: Joyeux Noel
Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen
Galician: Bo Nada
Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil
German: Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek: Kala Christouyenna
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
Inupiaq: Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut
Italian: Buon Natale
Japanese: Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin: Natale Hilare et Annum Faustum
Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus
Lausitzian:Wjesole hody
Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten
Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
Maltese: IL-Milied It-tajjeb
Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo: Merry Keshmish
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Occitan: Pulit nadal
Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas
Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag
Peruvian Spanish: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
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
Romanche: (Sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele
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 huibh
Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce
Slovene: Vesele Bozicne
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul or Glad Jul
Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko
Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim
Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic
Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!
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