JOYEUX NOEL – plus 13 other Holidays Greetings and in 118 languages!!

JOYEUX NOEL plus 13 other Holidays Greetings and in 118 languages!!

With so much going on this time of year, shopping… editing… traveling…editing… family… editing… its hard to keep up with anything else.

So just as we have done in previous years, we kinda chill out here for a bit on the website. The girls with Books ‘n Cozy spots are also on a short break and will be back to start the New Year with their Best Reads of 2015 List. And of course we have a new book release coming out in January that you don’t want to miss. But until then just know we love you guys. and we hope your holiday is filled with great food, friends and family and plenty of reading time to go with your hot chocolate or hot apple cider.

 I’TAAMOMOHKATOYIIKSISTSIKOMI,  MERRY CHRISTMAS,  HAPPY HANUKKAH,  BLESSED ALBAN ARTHAN (Winter Solstice),  BLESSED BODHI DAY,  HAPPY PANCHA GANAPATI,  BLESSED YULE,  HAPPY KWANZAA,  HAPPY BOXING DAY,  MERRY DONGZHI FESTIVAL,  HAPPY LAS POSADAS,  BLESSED EID-AL-ADHA;  HAPPIEST DIWALI

Language: Name:

African Langauges

Swahili – Krismasi Njema / Heri ya krismas

Zulu – UKhisimusi omuhle

Chewa – Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha Kristmasi

Afganistan (Dari) – Christmas Mubarak (کرسمس مبارک)

Albanian – Gëzuar Krishtlindjen

Arabic – Eid Milad Majid (عيد ميلاد مجيد)  Which means ‘Glorious Birth Feast’

Armenian  – Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ) Which means ‘Congratulations for the Holy Birth’

Belgium Dutch/Flemish – Vrolijk Kerstfeest

French – Joyeux Noël

German – Frohe Weihnachten

Walloon – djoyeus Noyé

Bulgarian – ‘vesela ‘koleda

Chinese – Mandarin – Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快乐)

Cantonese – Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂)

Croatian (and Bosnian) – Sretan Božić

Czech – Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce

Danish – Glædelig Jul

The Democratic Republic of Congo – Lingala – Mbotama Malamu

Esperanto – Feliĉan Kristnaskon

Estonian – Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi

Finnish – Hyvää Joulua

French – Joyeux Noël

Breton – Nedeleg Laouen

Corsican – Bon Natale

German – Frohe Weihnachten

Ghana – Dagbani – Ni ti Burunya Chou

Akan – Afishapa

Greek Kala – Christouyenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα

Georgian – gilocav shoba-akhal c’els or გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს

Greenlandic – Juullimi Pilluarit

Danish (also used in Greenland) – Glædelig Jul

Hawaiian – Mele Kalikimaka

Holland (Dutch)  – Prettig Kerstfeest or Vrolijk Kerstfeest

Hungarian – Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket

Icelandic – Gleðileg jól

India – Hindi – Śubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस)

Urdu – krismas mubarak (کرسمس)

Sanskrit –  Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa

Gujarati – Anandi Natal or Khushi Natal (આનંદી નાતાલ)

Bengali – shubho bôṛodin (শুভ বড়দিন)

Tamil -kiṟistumas vāḻttukkaḷ (கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள்)

Konkani – Khushal Borit Natala

Kannada -kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು)

Mizo – Krismas Chibai

Marathi – Śubh Nātāḷ (शुभ नाताळ)

Punjabi – karisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ)

Malayalam – Christmas inte mangalaashamsakal

Telugu – Christmas Subhakankshalu

Indonesian Selamat Natal

Iran (Farsi) – Christmas MobArak

Kurdish (Kumanji) – Kirîsmes u ser sala we pîroz be

Irish – Gaelic Nollaig Shona Dhuit

Israel – Hebrew Chag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח) meaning Happy festival of the Birth

Italian – Buon Natale

Sicilian – Bon Natali

Japanese – Meri Kurisumasu (or ‘Meri Kuri’ for short!)

Hiragana: めりーくりすます

Katakana: メリークリスマス

Korean – ‘Meri krismas’ (메리 크리스마스) or ‘Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo’ (즐거운 크리스마스 되세요)

Latvian – Priecïgus Ziemassvºtkus

Lithuanian – Linksmų Kalėdų

Macedonian – Streken Bozhik or Среќен Божик

Madagascar (Malagasy) – Tratra ny Noely

Maltese – Il-Milied it-Tajjeb

Malaysia – Bahasa/Malay – Selamat Hari Natal

Malayalam – Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal

Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man) – Nollick Ghennal

Native American/

First Nation Languages

Apache (Western) – Gozhqq Keshmish

Blackfoot – I’taamomohkatoyiiksistsikomi

Navajo – Nizhonigo Keshmish

Inuit – Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi

Yupik – Alussistuakeggtaarmek

This page has a large list of Merry Christmas Native/First Nation Languages

Nepali Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (क्रस्मसको शुभकामना)

New Zealand (Maori) – Meri Kirihimete

Nigeria – Hausa – barka dà Kirsìmatì

Yoruba – E ku odun, e ku iye’dun

Fulani – Jabbama be salla Kirismati

Igbo (Ibo) – E keresimesi Oma

Edo – Iselogbe

Ibibio – Idara ukapade isua

Norwegian – God Jul or Gledelig Jul

Philippines – Tagalog – Maligayang Pasko

Ilokano – Naragsak Nga Paskua

Ilonggo – Malipayon nga Pascua

Sugbuhanon or Cebuano – Maayong Pasko

Bicolano – Maugmang Pasko

Pangalatok or Pangasinense – Maabig ya pasko or Magayagan inkianac

Polish – ‘Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia’ or ‘Wesołych Świąt’ as a shorter version!

Portuguese – Feliz Natal or Boas Festas

Romanian – Crặciun Fericit

Russian – s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рождеством!) or s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Счастливого рождества!)

Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) – Noheli nziza

Samoan – Manuia Le Kerisimasi

Scotland – Scots – Blithe Yule

Gaelic – Nollaig Chridheil

Serbian – Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Christ is born Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – truly born (reply)

Slovakian – Vesele Vianoce

Slovene or Slovenian – Vesel Božič

Somali – Kirismas Wacan

South Africa (Afrikaans) – Geseënde Kersfees

Zulu – UKhisimusi omuhle

Spanish (Español) – Feliz Navidad or Nochebuena (which means ‘Holy Night’ – Christmas Eve)

Catalan – Bon Nadal

Galician – Bo Nadal

Basque (Euskara) – 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 Rizdva i z Novym Rokom or Веселого Різдва і з Новим Роком

Vietnamese – Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh

Welsh – Nadolig Llawen

Zimbabwe – Shona – Muve neKisimusi

Ndebele – Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni

Sci-fi & Fantasy Languages!

Klingon (Star Trek) – toDwI’ma’ qoS yItIvqu’ (Our Savior’s birthday you-enjoy!)

Quenya (Lord of the Rings) – Alassë a Hristomerendë (Joyous Feast of Christ)

Sindarin (Lord of the Rings) – Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion (Joyous Feast of the Coming of the Son of God)