Merry Christmas
Phrase
merry Christmas!
- Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day.
- Merry Christmas, Jack. / Same to you. And a happy New Year.
- Have a merry Christmas, Jack. / Merry Christmas to you and your family.
- 1722, The Hiſtorical Regiſter, volume VII, № XXVIII, “An Anſwer from the Marqueſs of ———— to the Letter of a Prelate, concerning Cardinal Alberoni”, pages 291–292
- I am aſhamed to talk of theſe Trifles, but to make you ſenſible by the Way, that the Spaniards are not ſo ungrateful as you repreſent them, I ſhall tell you, that the Money ariſing out of the Sale that was made of the Wine and Chocolate belonging to the Cardinal at his Departure, was more than ſufficient to defray the Expences of his Journey, and had he continued fifteen Days longer at Madrid, he would have received by the Poſt a Bill of 1000 Piſtoles, with which a Friend wiſhed him a merry Chriſtmas, which Sum was paid by the King’s Orders to the Government of Madrid to be employed for the Benefit of the Publick.
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good wishes at Christmas time
- Afrikaans: geseënde kerfees (af)
- Albanian: gëzuar Krishtlindja (sq)
- Alutiiq: Nunaniqsaakici Aʀusistuami
- Amharic: መልካም ገና (am) (melkim gena)
- Arabic: عيد ميلاد مجيد (ar) (ʿīd mīlād majīd), ميلاد مجيد (ar) (mīlād majīd)
- Armenian: շնորհավոր Սուրբ Ծնունդ (hy) (šnorhavor Surb Çnund)
- Azeri: Mövlud bayraminiz mübarək (az)
- Basque: Eguberri on (eu)
- Belarusian: з Калядамі (be) (z Kaljadámi), з Нараджэннем (be) (z Naradžénnem), з Нараджэннем Хрыстовым (be) (z Naradžénnem Xrystóvym)
- Breton: nedeleg laouen (br)
- Bulgarian: Весела Коледа (bg) (Vesela Koleda)
- Catalan: bon Nadal (ca)
- Cebuano: malipayong pasko
- Cherokee: ᎤᏬᏢᏗ ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ (chr) (uwotlvdi danisdayohihv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 聖誕快樂 (cmn), 圣诞快乐 (cmn) (Shèngdàn kuàilè), 聖誕節快樂 (cmn), 圣诞节快乐 (cmn) (Shèngdànjié kuàilè)
- Cornish: Nadelik Looan (kw)
- Czech: Veselé Vánoce (cs)
- Danish: glædelig jul (da), god jul (da)
- Dutch: vrolijk kerstfeest (nl), prettig kerstfeest (nl)
- Esperanto: ĝojan Kristnaskon (eo)
- Estonian: häid jõule (et)
- Faroese: gleðilig jól (fo)
- Finnish: hyvää joulua (fi), hauskaa joulua (fi)
- French: joyeux Noël (fr)
- Georgian: შობას გილოცავთ (ka) (šobas giloc'avt')
- German: frohe Weihnachten (de), fröhliche Weihnachten (de)
- Greek: Καλά Χριστούγεννα (el) (Kalá Christoúgenna)
- Haitian Creole: Jwaye Nowèl
- Hawaiian: mele Kalikimaka
- Hebrew: חג מולד שמח (he) (khag molad sameakh)
- Hindi: शुभ बड़ा दिन (hi) (śubh baṛā din), शुभ क्रिस्मस (hi) (śubh krismas), मेरी क्रिसमस (hi) (merī krismas), क्रिसमस मुबारक (hi) (krismas mubārak)
- Hungarian: boldog karácsonyt (hu)
- Icelandic: gleðileg jól (is)
- Indonesian: selamat hari Natal (id), selamat Natal (id)
- Irish: Nollaig Shona (ga)
- Italian: buon Natale (it)
- Japanese: メリークリスマス (ja) (Meri Kurisumasu)
- Jingpho: ngwi pyaw ai X'mas rai u ga!
- Jèrriais: un bouan Noué!
- Khmer: រីករាយថ្ងៃបុណ្យណូអែល (km) (riik riey tngay bon noo'ael), បុណ្យណូអែល (km) (bon noo'ael)
- Korean: 즐거운 성탄절 (ko) (jeulgeoun seongtanjeol), 메리 크리스마스 (ko) (meri keuriseumaseu)
- Kyrgyz: Жаратканнын туысымен (ky) (Caratkannın tuısımen)
- Latin: felix dies Nativitatis (la), Natale Hilare (la)
- Latvian: priecīgus Ziemassvētkus (lv)
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- Lithuanian: Linksmų Kalėdų (lt)
- Livonian: rīemliži talšpivḑi
- Lushootseed: haʔɬ pədx̌aʔx̌aʔ
- Luxembourgish: froue Crëschtdag (lb)
- Macedonian: Среќен Божиќ (mk) (Sréḱen Bóžiḱ), Христос се роди! (mk) (Hrístos se ródi!) (greeting), Навистина се роди! (mk) (Navístina se ródi!) (reply)
- Malay: selamat hari Natal (ms), selamat Natal (ms)
- Maltese: il-Milied it-Tajjeb (mt)
- Moksha: Роштува мархта
- Navajo: Yáʼátʼééh Késhmish, Nizhónígo Késhmish Adííłeeł
- Norwegian: god jul (no)
- Occitan: Bon Nadal (oc)
- Persian: میلاد مسیح مبارک باد (fa) (milâd-e masih mobârak bâd), کریسمس مبارک (fa) (kerismas mobârak)
- Polish: Wesołych Świąt (pl), Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia (pl)
- Portuguese: Feliz Natal (pt)
- Romanian: Crăciun fericit (ro)
- Russian: с Рождеством (ru) (s Roždestvóm), с Рождеством Христовым (ru) (s Roždestvóm Xristóvym), Весёлого Рождества (ru) (Vesjólovo Roždestvá), Счастливого Рождества (ru) (Sčastlívovo Roždestvá)
- Sami:
- Southern: buerie jåvle
- Samoan: Manuia le Kerisimasi (sm)
- Scottish Gaelic: Nollaig Chridheil (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Срећан Божић (sh), Сретан Божић (sh), Христос се роди (sh), Ваистину се роди (sh)
- Roman: Srećan Božić (sh), Sretan Božić (sh), Hristos se rodi (sh), Vaistinu se rodi (sh)
- Silesian: Radosnych Godōw
- Sinhalese: සුභ නත්තලක් (si) (subha natthalak)
- Slovak: Veselé Vianoce (sk)
- Slovene: Vesel božič (sl)
- Spanish: feliz Navidad (es)
- Swedish: god jul (sv)
- Tagalog: maligayang pasko (tl)
- Tamil: கிறிஸ்துமஸ் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் (ta) (kiṟistumas nalvāḻttukkaḷ)
- Telugu: మెర్రీ క్రిస్మస్ (te) (merrī krismas)
- Thai: สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส (th) (sòoksăn wan krítmâat)
- Turkish: mutlu Noeller (tr)
- Ukrainian: з Різдвом (uk) (z Rizdvóm), з Різдвом Христовим (uk) (z Rizdvóm Xrystóvym)
- Urdu: کرسمس مبارک (ur) (krismas mubārak), میری کرسمس (ur) (merī krismas)
- Vietnamese: chúc mừng Giáng sinh (vi), chúc mừng Nô-en (vi), chức mừng Giáng sinh (vi), chức mừng Nô-en (vi)
- Welsh: Nadolig Llawen (cy)
- West Frisian: noflike krystdagen (fy)
- Yiddish: פֿרײלעכע ניטל (yi) (freylekhe nitl)
- Yup'ik: Alussistuaqegtaarmek piamken
- Zulu: uKhisimusi oMuhle (zu)
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- Sami:
- Lule: buorre javla
- Northern: buorre juovla
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