There, I said it. And though it’s a cliche of cliches to say that it’s often best to avoid the topics of politics and religion, here’s a vote for real peace and loving thy neighbor (and a healthy dose of religious pluralism), as well as a warm invitation for anyone anywhere to elevate your greetings above the over-the-counter generic. Instead, consider wishing well upon others with the full power of whatever faith, worldview, goodwill, physics, totem, spirit, source, mythology, meaning of life, or general sense of the inherent goodness in things that brings you joy, comfort and guidance throughout the year.
So Happy Channukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, yes, Holidays, and all the rest to all of you … plus one thing I think no one can argue with, let’s have a very happy New Year….
Afrikaans – Geseende Kerfees en ‘n gelukkige nuwe jaar
Albanian РG̩zuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri!
Amharic – Melkam Yelidet Beaal
Arabic – I’D Miilad Said ous Sana Saida
Aramaic- Edo bri’cho o rish d’shato brich’to!
Argentine – Feliz Navidad
Armenian – Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Aromunian РCṛciunu ḥriosu shi unu anu ṇu, bunu!
Azeri – Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia – Selamat Hari Natal
Basque – Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali – Shuvo Baro Din – Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Bohemian – Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian – Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton – Nedeleg laouen na bloav ezh mat
Bulgarian – Vasel Koleda; Tchestita nova godina!
Catalan РBon nadal i feli̤ any nou!
Cantonese -Seng Dan Fai Lok, Sang Nian Fai Lok
Chile – Feliz Navidad
Chinese (Cantonese) – Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun
Choctaw – Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Cornish -Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsican – Bon Natale e Bon capu d’ annu
Crazanian – Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree – Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Creek – Afvcke Nettvcakorakko
Czech – Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Croatian – Sretan BozicCzech – Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish – Glædelig Jul og godt nytÃ¥r
Duri – Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch – Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
Egyptian – Colo sana wintom tiebeen
Egyptian Colo sana wintom tiebeen
English – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Eskimo – Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto – Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian – Rõõmsaid jõulupühi
Euskera – Zorionak eta Urte Berri On
Faeroese – Gledhilig jól og eydnurikt n?ggjár!
Farsi – Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish – Hyvää Joulua or Hauskaa Joulua
Flemish – Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French – Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!
Frisian – Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Friulian – Bon Nadâl e Bon An Gnûf
Gaelic – Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ur!
Galician – Bon Nadal e Bo Ani Novo
German – Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!
Greek – Kala Christougenna Kieftihismenos O Kenourios Chronos
Greenlandic – Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit
Hausa – Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaiian – Mele Kalikimaka (MC) Hauoli Makahiki Hou (Happy New Year)
Hebrew – Mo’adim Lesimkha. Shana Tova
Hindi – Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian -Hungarian -Merry Christmas=Kellemes karacsonyi unnepeket
happy new year = Kellemes karacsonyi unnepeket es boldog uj evet
Icelandic – Gleileg Jól og Farsaelt Komandi ár!
Indonesian -Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi – Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish -Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Italian – Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo
Japanese -Merry Christmas=MERII KURISUMASU …and if you like: SHINNEN AKEMASHITE OMEDETOU GOZAIMASU
J̬rriais РBouan Nou̩ et Bouanne Ann̩e
Karelian – Rastawanke Sinun, Uvven Vuvenke Sinun
Korean – Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Krio – Appi Krismes en Appi Niu Yaa
Kurdish – Seva piroz sahibe u sersala te piroz be
Ladin – Bon Nadel y Bon Ann Nuef
Lappic – Buorit Juovllat ja Buorre Oddajahki
Latin – Natale hilare et Annum Nuovo!
Latvian – Prieci’gus Ziemsve’tkus un Laimi’gu Jauno Gadu!
Lausitzian – Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lithuanian – Linksmu Kaledu ir laimingu Nauju metu
Livian – Riiemlizi Talspividi ja pagin vonno udaigastos
Low Saxon – Heughliche Winachten un ‘n moi Nijaar
Luxemburgish – Schéi Krëschtdeeg an e Schéint Néi Joer
Macedonian – Streken Bozhik
Malay – Selamat Hari Natal
Malayalam – Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal
Maltese – Nixtieklek Milied tajjeb u is-sena t-tabja!
Mandarin – Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Manx – Nollick ghennal as blein vie noaMaori -Meri Kirihimete
Marathi – Shub Naya Varsh
Maori – Meri Kirihimete
Mongolian – Zul saryn bolon shine ony mend devshuulye
Monogasque – Festusu Natale e Bona ana noeva
Norwegian -God Jul og Godt Nyttår
Occitan -Polit nadal e bona annada
Oriya -Sukhamaya christmass ebang khusibhara naba barsa
Papiamento РBon Pasco y un Feliz A̱a Nobo
Papua New Guinea – Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Philippines – Maligayang Pasco at Manigong Bagong Taon
Pashto – De Christmas akhtar de bakhtawar au newai kal de mubarak sha.
Pennsylvania German – En frehlicher Grischtdaag unen hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish – Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese – Boas Festas e um feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi – Nave sal di mubaraka
Pushto – Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Raeto-Ramance – Bella Festas da zNadal ed in Ventiravel Onn Nov
Rapa-Nui – Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian – Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche – Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Romani (GYPSY) – Bachtalo krecunu Thaj Bachtalo Nevo Bers
Romanian – Hristos s-a Nascut si Anul Nou Fericit
Russian – Pozdravlyau s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i c Novym Godom
Sami – Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan – La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardian – Felize Nadale e Bonu Cabuannu
Sardinian – Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Scots Gaelic – Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serbian – Hristos se rodi
Surinamese (SRANANTONGO) – Wan Santa Bedaki
Croatian – Sretan BozicCzech – Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Singhalese – Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Sorbian – Wjesole hody a strowe Nowe leto.
Somali – ciid wanaagsan iyo sanad cusub oo fiican.
Slovakian – Vesele Vianoce a stastny novy rok
Slovak – Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene – Vesele bozicne praznike in srecno novo leto
Sorbian – Wjesole hody a strowe Nowe leto
Spanish – Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Swahili – ºKrismas Njema Na Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº
Swedish – God Jul och Gott Nytt Ã…r and S Rozhdestvom Kristovym
Serbian – HRISTOS SE RODI! SRECNA NOVA GODINA!
Sudanese – Wilujeng Natal Sareng Warsa Enggal
Tagalog – Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon
Tamil – Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai – Suksan Wan Christmas lae Sawadee Pee Mai
Tok Pisin – Meri Krismas & Hepi Nu Yia
Tongan – Kilisimasi Fiefia & Ta’u fo’ou monu ia
Trukeese – Neekirissimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Tswana – Keresemose o monate le masego a ngwaga o montsha
Turkish – Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian – Veseloho Vam Rizdva i Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku!
Urdu – Naya Saal Mubarak Ho Vanina Bon Natale a Tutti
Vepsi – Rastvoidenke i Udenke Vodenke
Vietnamese – Chuc Mung Giang Sinh – Chuc Mung Tan Nien
Welsh – Nadolig LLawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Xhosa – Siniqwenelela Ikrisimesi EmnandI Nonyaka Omtsha Ozele Iintsikelelo Namathamsanqa
Yayeya – Krisema
Yiddish – Gute Vaynakhtn un a Gut Nay Yor
Yoruba – E ku odun, e hu iye’ dun!
Zulu – Sinifesela Ukhisimusi Omuhle Nonyaka Omusha Onempumelelo
Posted by: Colin Mangham
Translations courtesy of Natalie Bewernitz and Marek Goldowski (I yanked it all from their Seasons Greetings email), thanks! I think we both hope there’s accuracy throughout, but where there’s not, please forgive and embrace that it’s the thought that counts. 😉