Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Christmas lights in Gothenburg, Sweden

Dear reader of my blog!

This final blog for this year will take us out on a journey of semantics.  To give you Christmas spirit and to build bridges among the nations I am providing you a list of more than 50 ways to say Merry Christmas!

Call your friends, living in another country and impress them by wishing them Merry Christmas in their local language.

To all of you, with the entire heart of mine, I wish you a God Jul och Gott nytt år or Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in Swedish!

Get rested and return from the holidays with all the energy you can possibly gather to help make the 2011 your best year ever!


Country                    How to say it

Albania                      Gezur Krislinjden
Argentina                   Feliz Navidad/Felices Pascuas/Y feliz año Nuevo
Belgium                      Vrolijk kerstfeest (flamländska), Joyeux Noël (franska)
Brazil                         Feliz Natal/ Boas Festas/Feliz Ano Novo
Bulgaria                      Tchestita/Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
ChileFeliz                   Navidad/Felices Fiestas/Y un feliz año Nuevo
Denmark                    Glædelig Jul
Finland                       Hyvää Joulua
France                       Joyeux Noël
Greece                       Kala Christouyenna
Hawaii                        Mele Kalikimaka
Indonesia                    Selamat Hari Natal
Iceland                       Gledileg Jol
Israel (hebreiska)        Mo'adim Lesimkha
Italia                           Buon Natale/Buone Feste Natalizie
Japan                          Merri kurisumasu
China (mandarin)                 Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
China (kantonesiska)            Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Korea                                 Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Croatia                               Sretan Bozic
Lettland                              Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Litauen                               Linksmu Kaledu
Nederländerna                    Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Norway                              Gladelig Jul/God Jul
Peru                                   Feliz Navidad
Poland                               Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portugal                              Feliz Natal/ Boas Festas
Romania                             Sarbatori Vesele
Russia              Pozdravljaju s prazdnikom Rozjdestva alt. S Rozjdestvom / S Rozhdestvom Kristovim
Serbia                                Hristos se rodi
Slovakia                             Sretan Bozic/Vesele vianoce
Spain                                 Feliz Navidad
U.K                                   Merry Christmas
Sweden                             God Jul
Tjeckia                              Vesele Vanoce
Turkie                               Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Germany                           Fröhliche Weihnachten
Ukrain                              Srozhdestvom Kristovym / Z Risdrom Kristovin
Hungary                            Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
USA                                 Merry Christmas
Vietnam                            Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
Austria                              Frohe Weihnachten
Arabic                               I'd Miilad Said Oua Sana Saida/Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Afrikaans                          Een Plesierige Kerfees
Hindi                                Shub Naya Baras
Latin                                 Natale hilare