Every Christmas I'm always touched by how people all over the world come together to celebrate on one day. Regardless of your faith, that's pretty freakin' cool. Just for fun, we've compiled a list of how to wish someone Merry Christmas in a number of languages. It's sure to give your mouth a workout and your belly a good laugh as some of them are not easy to say.
Arabic:Milad MajidBritish:Happy Christmas (Okay, so this one isn't another language, but we like the Brits and wanted to include it.)
Chinese:Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Mandarin) and
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun (Catonese)
Creole:Jwaye Nowel or
Jesus Edo Bri'cho o Rish D'Shato BrichtoDutch: V
rolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig NieuwjaarFinnish:Hyvaa jouluaGerman:Fröhliche WeihnachtenGreek:Kala ChristouyennaHebrew:Mo'adim Lesimkha Chena tovaHawaian:Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki HouItalian:Buone Feste NatalizieJapanese:Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu OmedetoKorean:Sung Tan Chuk HaNavajo:Merry Keshmish (my personal fave)
Spanish:Feliz NavidadPhilipines:Maligayan PaskoPolish:Wesolych Swiat Bozego NarodzeniaPortuguese:Feliz NatalRussian:Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim GodomSwedish:God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År(I have no idea why "Och" is in parenthesis. Maybe this is painful to say?)Thai:Sawadee Pee Maiorsouksan wan ChristmasTurkish:Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu OlsunVietnamese:Chuc Mung Giang Sinh However you want to say it, have a great holiday! —
Jenn
Every Christmas I'm always touched by how people all over the world come together to celebrate on one day. Regardless of your faith, that's pretty freakin' cool. Just for fun, we've compiled a list of how to wish someone Merry Christmas in a number of languages. It's sure to give your mouth a workout and your belly a good laugh as some of them are not easy to say.
Arabic:Milad Majid
British:Happy Christmas (Okay, so this one isn't another language, but we like the Brits and wanted to include it.)
Chinese:Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Mandarin) and Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun (Catonese)
Creole:Jwaye Nowel or Jesus Edo Bri'cho o Rish D'Shato Brichto
Dutch: V rolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Finnish:Hyvaa joulua
German:Fröhliche Weihnachten
Greek:Kala Christouyenna
Hebrew:Mo'adim Lesimkha Chena tova
Hawaian:Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Italian:Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese:Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean:Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Navajo:Merry Keshmish (my personal fave)
Spanish:Feliz Navidad
Philipines:Maligayan Pasko
Polish:Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese:Feliz Natal
Russian:Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Swedish:God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År(I have no idea why "Och" is in parenthesis. Maybe this is painful to say?)
Thai:Sawadee Pee Maiorsouksan wan Christmas
Turkish:Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Vietnamese:Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
However you want to say it, have a great holiday! — Jenn