Christmas Customs

Christmas In Different Languages

On this page 'Happy Christmas' is shown in different languages from all around the world!

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Some languages below use different characters and alphabets, so I have spelt them in English as best I can!

Language: Name:

Albanian Gëzuar Krishtlindjen

Arabic Eid Milad Majeed
Which means 'Glorious Birth Feast'

Armenian Shnorhavor Soorb Tsnund
Which means 'Congratulations for the Holy Birth'

Belgium - Flemish

Walloon

Vrolijk Kerstfeest

djoyeus Noyé

Bulgarian 'vesela 'koleda

Chinese - Mandarin

Cantonese Sheng Dan Kuai Le or 圣诞快ä¹

Seng Dan Fai Lok or è–誕快樂

Croatian
(and Bosnian) Sretan Božić

Czech Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce

Danish Glædelig Jul

The Democratic Republic of Congo - Lingala Mbotama Malamu

Estonian Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi

Finnish Hyvää Joulua

French

Corsican

Joyeux Noël

Bon Natale

German Frohe Weihnacht

Ghana - Dagbani

Akan

Ni ti Burunya Chou

Afishapa

Greek Kala Christougenna
or Καλά Χριστούγεννα

Greenlandic

Danish (also used in Greenland)

Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit

Glædelig Jul

Hawaiian Mele Kalikimaka

Holland (Dutch) Prettige Kerstfeest or Vrolijk Kerstfeest

Hungarian Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket

Icelandic Gleðileg jól

India - Hindi and Urdu

Sanskrit

Bengali

Tamil

Konkani

Mizo

Marathi

Bade Din ki Mubarak

Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa

Barodiner shubhechha janai

Christhu Jayanthi Nalvaalthukal

Khushal Borit Natala

Krismas Chibai

Natalachya Shubhechha

Indonesian Selamat Natal

Iran (Farsi) Christmas MobArak

Irish - Gaelic Nollaig Shona Dhuit

Italian

Sicilian

Buon Natale

Bon Natali

Japanese Meri Kurisumasu (or 'Meri Kuri' for short!)

Hiragana: ã‚りーãã‚Šã™ã¾ã™

Katakana: メリークリスマス

Korean Sung Tan Chuk Ha

Latvian Priecïgus Ziemassvºtkus

Lithuanian Linksmų Kalėdų

Macedonian Streken Bozhik or
Cpeќeн Бoжик

Madagascar (Malagasy) Tratra ny Noely

Maltese Il-Milied it-Tajjeb

Malaysia - Bahasa/Malay

Malayalam

Selamat Hari Natal

Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal

Nepali Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa

New Zealand (Maori) Meri Kirihimete

Nigeria - Hausa

Yoruba

Fulani

Igbo (Ibo)

Edo

barka dà Kirsìmatì

E ku odun, e ku iye'dun

Jabbama be salla Kirismati

E keresimesi Oma

Iselogbe

Norwegian God Jul or
Glædelig Jul

Philippines - Tagalog

Ilocano Maligayang Pasko

Naragsak Nga Paskua

Polish Wesołych Świąt

Portuguese Feliz Natal or
Boas Festas

Romanian Crặciun Fericit

Russian 'S Rozhdestvom khristovym

Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) Noheli nziza

Samoan Manuia Le Kerisimasi

Scotland - Scots

Gaelic

Blithe Yule

Nollaig Chridheil

Serbian Srećan Božić or
Cpeћah Бoжић

Slovakian Vesele Vianoce

Slovene or Slovenian Vesel Božič

Somali Kirismas Wacan

South Africa (Afrikaans) Geseënde Kersfees

Spanish

Catalan

Galician

Basque

Feliz Navidad

Bon Nadal

Bo Nadal

Eguberri on (which means 'Happy New Day')

Swedish God Jul

Switzerland Schöni Wiehnachte

Thai Suk sarn warn Christmas

Turkish Mutlu Noeller

Uganda (Lugandan) Seku Kulu

Ukranian Veseloho Vam Rizdva or Веселого Різдва

Vietnamese Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh

Welsh Nadolig Llawen

Zimbabwe - Shona

Ndebele

Muve neKisimusi

Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni

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