Christmas is a great time to reach out to your ethnic neighbors.
Foreign-born believers will be pleased when you wish them "Merry Christmas" in their native language. (And they'll enjoy helping you with the pronunciation!)
Here are Christmas greetings in over 75 languages, reprinted with permission from Brigada Today:
| Afrikaans |
'n Geseende Kersfees en 'n voorspoedige Nuwejaar |
| Afrikander |
Een Plesierige Kerfees |
| Albanian |
Gezuar Krishtlindje |
| Arabic |
I'D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA |
| Armenian |
Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand |
| Azeri |
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun |
| Basque |
Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On |
| Bengali |
Bodo Din Shubh Lamona |
| Bohemian |
Vesele Vanoce |
| Breton |
Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat |
| Bulgarian |
Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo |
| Celtic |
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan |
| Chinese (Catonese) |
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) |
Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan |
| Cornish |
Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth |
| Cree |
Mitho Makosi Kesikansi |
| Croatian |
Sretan Bozic |
| Czech |
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok |
| Danish |
Glaedelig Jul |
| Dutch |
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! |
| English |
Merry Christmas |
| Esperanto |
Gajan Kristnaskon |
| Estonian |
Roomsaid Joulu Puhi |
| Farsi |
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad |
| Finnish |
Hyvaa joulua |
| French |
Joyeux Noel |
| Frisian |
Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! |
| German |
Froehliche Weihnachten |
| Greek |
Kala Christouyenna! |
| Hawaiian |
Mele Kalikimaka |
| Hebrew |
Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova |
| Hindi |
Bada Din Mubarak Ho |
| Hungarian |
Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket |
| Icelandic |
Gledileg Jol |
| Indonesian |
Selamat Hari Natal |
| Iraqi |
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
| Irish |
Nollaig Shona Dhuit |
| Italian |
Buone Feste Natalizie |
| Japanese |
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto |
| Kala |
Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Etos |
| Korean |
Sung Tan Chuk Ha |
| Latvian |
Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu |
| Lettish |
Priecigus Ziemassvetkus |
| Lithuanian |
Linksmu Kaledu |
| Manx |
Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa |
| Maori |
Meri Kirihimete |
| Marathi |
Shub Naya Varsh |
| Navajo |
Merry Keshmish |
| Northern Sotho |
Matlhatse le matlhogonolo mo ngwageng o moswa |
| Norwegian |
God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar |
| Pennsylvania German |
En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr! |
| Papiamento |
Bon Pasku i Felis Anja Nobo |
| Polish |
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia |
| Portuguese |
Feliz Natal |
| Rapa-Nui |
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua |
| Romanian |
Craciun Fericit |
| Russian |
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom |
| Serbian |
Hristos se rodi |
| Slovakian |
Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce |
| Samoan |
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
| Scottish |
Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur |
| Serbian |
Hristos se rodi! |
| Singhalese |
Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa |
| Slovak |
Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok |
| Slovene |
Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto |
| Spanish |
Feliz Navidad! |
| Swedish |
God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ar |
| Tagalog |
Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon |
| Tamil |
Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal |
| Thai |
Sawadee Pee Mai |
| Turkish |
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
| Ukrainian |
Srozhdestvom Kristovym |
| Urdu |
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho |
| Vietnamese |
Chung Mung Giang Sinh |
| Waray |
Maupay nga Pasko ngan Mainuswagon nga Bag-o nga Tu-ig |
| Welsh |
Nadolig Llawen |
| Zulu |
Nginifisela inhlanhla ne mpumelelo e nyakeni |