Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Christmas '07

It's almost 9 A.M. and not a creature is stirring, except me.
I wish you all a day as near contentment as possible.
Or, as some others may say it...

Arabic:
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah


Brazilian Portuguese:
Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo

Catalan:
Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!

Spanish:
Feliz Navidad

Choctaw:
Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito

Cree:
Mitho Makosi Kesikansi


Danish:
Glædelig Jul

Dutch:
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast

English:
Merry Christmas

Eskimo: (inupik)
Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!

Farsi:
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad


Flemish:
Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar

French:
Joyeux Noel


German:
Froehliche Weihnachten

Greek:
Kala Christouyenna!

Hawaiian:
Mele Kalikimaka

Hebrew:
Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova

Hindi:
Shub Naya Baras

Hausa:
Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Icelandic:
Gledileg Jol

Iraqi:
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah

Irish:
Nollaig Shona Dhuit or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat

Iroquois:
Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.

Italian:
Buone Feste Natalizie

Japanese:
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto

Maori:
Meri Kirihimete

Navajo:
Merry Keshmish

Norwegian:
God Jul or Gledelig Jul

Portuguese:
Feliz Natal

Russian:
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom


Swedish:
God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År


Urdu:
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
I know I left out Frisian and Galician and a million others, but the wish is no less genuine.
Have a great holiday.