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.

2 Comments:

Blogger Vicus Scurra said...

Thank you and reciprocal greetings - sorry to inform you that the Eskimo translation is "Christmas? Do you think we're celebrating the snowiest time of the year, you wassock". And the Urdu one has to do with doing to you what most folk do to turkeys, except with something spiky.

1:08 PM  
Blogger OvaGirl said...

Much merriment and joy to you and your lovely family too Lin, hope you had a wonderful New Year and here's to a 2008 full of peace and happiness. (I'm hoping)
xxx

1:55 PM  

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