I asked a bunch of parents of multilingual kids how to say “Merry Xmas” or the equivalent Christmas greetings in their language so I could include a banner for this Christmas card craft.
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With the everyone’s amazing contributions we gathered the translation for 60+ languages, as listed below.
* DISCLAIMER * The phrases below correspond to the translations made by regular parents (not all professional lingüists) who presumibly speak / know the language, nevertheless we can’t garantee that the spelling of each word or translation is official and legit.
Good for: Christmas projects for kids.
Bad for: Writing a letter to your head of state.
60+ ways to say Merry Christmas in a list sorted alphabetically by language:
* Option 1 / Option 2 .
| Afrikaans | Geseënde Kersfees |
| Albanian | Gezuar pashket |
| Arabic | ميلاد مجيد/ عيد ميلاد مجيد |
| Azeri | Yeni Ilin Mubarek |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Selamat Hari Natal |
| Basque | Eguberri on / Gabon Zoriontsuak |
| Bisaya language | Malipayong pasko |
| Bosnian | Sretan Bozic |
| Breton | Nedeleg Laouen |
| Bulgarian | Весела Коледа |
| Cantonese | 聖誕快樂 / Sheng Dan Kuai Le |
| Catalan | Bon Nadal |
| Chinese, China (Simplified) | 圣诞节快乐 |
| Chinese, Taiwan (Traditional) | 耶誕節快樂 |
| Croatian | Sretan Bozic |
| Czech | Veselé Vianoce |
| Danish | God Jul / Glædelig Jul |
| Dutch | Fijne Kerstdagen / Zalig Kerstfeest |
| English | Merry Christmas |
| Estonian | Häid jõule |
| Filipino | Maligayang Pasko |
| Finnish | Hyvää Joulua |
| French | Joyeux Noël |
| Gaelic | Nollaig Chridheil |
| German | Frohe Weihnachten / Fröhliche Weihnachten |
| Greek | Καλά Χριστούγεννα / Χαρούμενα Χριστούγεννα |
| Gujarati | Natal ni subh kamnao |
| Hebrew | חג המולד שמח |
| Hindi | क्रिसमस की बधाई |
| Hungarian | Boldog Karácsonyt |
| / Kellemes Karácsonyi Ünnepeket | |
| Icelandic | Gleðileg jól |
| Irish | Nollaig shona dhuit |
| Italian | Buon Natale |
| Japanese | メリークリスマス |
| Korean | 메리 크리스마스 |
| Latvian | Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus |
| Lithuanian | Su šventom Kalėdom / Linksmų Šv. Kalėdų |
| Luxembourgish | Schéi Chrëschtdeeg |
| Macedonian | Sreken Bozik |
| Malay language (Malaysia) | Selamat Hari Natal |
| Maltese | Il-Milied it-tajjeb |
| Mandarin | 圣诞快乐 / sheng dan just le |
| Marathi
Mongolian |
Shubh Nataal / नाताळच्या शुभेच्छा
Зул сарын мэнд |
| Norwegian | God jul |
| Papiamento | Bon Pasku |
| Persian | کریسمس مبارک |
| Philipines dialect | Malipayon Nga Paskwa |
| Polish | Wesołych Świąt / Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia |
| Portuguese | Feliz Natal / Bom Natal |
| Quechua | Allinlla Raymi |
| Romanian | Craciun Fericit |
| Russian | С Рождеством / Счастливого Рождества |
| Sámi language
Scottish Gaelic |
BUORI JUOVLLAT
Nollaig Chridheil |
| Serbian | Срећан Божић / Sretan Bozic |
| Setswana (South Africa) | Monate a Keresemose |
| Slovak | Veselé Vianoce |
| Slovenian | Vesel Božič |
| Spanish | Feliz Navidad |
| Swahili | Krisimasi njema / Kheri ya krismasi |
| Swedish | God Jul |
| Swiss dialect | Frölichi Wiehnachte |
| Tagalog | Maligayang Pasko |
| Tahitian | Ia oaoa i teie noera |
| Turkish | Mutlu Noeller / Yeni yılınız kutlu olsun |
| Ukranian | Веселих свят / З Різдвом Христовим |
| Urdu | ﺑﮍﺍ ﺩﻥ مبارک |
| Uzbek | Yangi yilingiz bilan |
| Vietnam | Chúc Mừng Giáng Sinh / Chúc Giáng Sinh Vui Vẻ |
| Welsh | Nadolig Llawen |
