Anyone know how to say 'Merry Christmas' in lots of languages?
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Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees\nAfrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees\nAfrican/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats\nAlbanian:Gezur Krislinjden\nArabic: Milad Majid\nArgentine: Feliz Navidad\nArmenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand\nAzeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun\nBahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal\nBasque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!\nBengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha\nBohemian: Vesele Vanoce\nBrazilian: Feliz Natal\nBreton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat\nBulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo\nCatalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!\nChile: Feliz Navidad\nChinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun\nChinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun\nChoctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito\nColumbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo\nCornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth\nCorsian: Pace e salute\nCrazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo\nCree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi\nCroatian: Sretan Bozic\nCzech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok\nDanish: Glædelig Jul\nDuri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak\nDutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast\nEnglish: Merry Christmas\nEskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!\nEsperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon\nEstonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi\nEthiopian: (Amharic) Melkin Yelidet Beaal\nFaeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!\nFarsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad\nFinnish: Hyvaa joulua\nFlemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar\nFrench: Joyeux Noel\nFrisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!\nGalician: Bo Nada\nGaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! German: Froehliche Weihnachten\nGreek: Kala Christouyenna!\nHaiti: (Creole) Jwaye Nowel or to Jesus Edo Bri'cho o Rish D'Shato Brichto\nHausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!\nHawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka\nHebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova\nHindi: Shub Naya Baras\nHausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!\nHawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!\nHungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket\nIcelandic: Gledileg Jol\nIndonesian: Selamat Hari Natal\nIraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah\nIrish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat\nIroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.\nItalian: Buone Feste Natalizie\nJapanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto\nJiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags\nKorean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha\nLao: souksan van Christmas\nLatin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!\nLatvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!\nLausitzian:Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto\nLettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus\nLithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu\nLow Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar\nMacedonian: Sreken Bozhik\nMaltese: IL-Milied It-tajjeb\nManx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa\nMaori: Meri Kirihimete\nMarathi: Shub Naya Varsh\nNavajo: Merry Keshmish\nNorwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul\nOccitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado\nPapiamento: Bon Pasco \nPapua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu\nPennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!\nPeru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo\nPhilipines: Maligayan Pasko!\nPolish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie\nPortuguese:Feliz Natal\nPushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha\nRapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua\nRhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn\nRomanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!\nRumanian: Sarbatori vesele\nRussian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom\nSami: Buorrit Juovllat\nSamoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou\nSardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou\nSerbian: Hristos se rodi\nSlovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce\nSami: Buorrit Juovllat\nSamoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou\nScots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil h
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MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and everyone, make it a good one people!
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I believe what you're describing is the "Christmas Canon" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It's a traditional classical peace which a soprano choir has added lyrics to (see below). \n\nMerry Christmas\nMerry Christmas\nMerry Christmas\nMerry Christmas\nThe hope that he brings\nThe hope that he brings\nThe hope that he brings\nThe hope that he brings\nThis night\nWe pray\nOur lives\nWill show\nThis dream\nHe had\nEach child\nStill knows\nWe are waiting \nWe have not forgotten\nOn this night\nOn this night\nOn this very Christmas night\n\nHOPE THIS HELPED=] \nPS Check out their website (below).
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"Thank you" in Spanish is "gracias"
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English, Spanish, French, Czech, Slovakian, Ruthenian, and a tiny bit of Arabic
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The word "Christmas" means "Mass of Christ," later shortened to "Christ-Mass." The even shorter form "Xmas" - first used in Europe in the 1500s - is derived from the Greek alphabet, in which X is the first letter of Christ's name: Xristos, therefore "X-Mass."
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Middle English Cristemas, from Old English Crstes mæsse, Christ's festival  : Crst, Christ; see Christ + mæsse, festival; see Mass.\n\nThe word Christmas is a contraction of Christ's Mass, derived from the Old English Cristes mæsse. It is often abbreviated Xmas, probably because X resembles the Greek letter Χ (chi) which has often historically been used as an abbreviation for Christ (Χριστός in Greek).
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Go to freetranslations.com\n\nYou can cut and paste the message, and click on the appropriate language combination (e.g. Italian to English, French to German, etc.)
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I don't say "Merry Christmas" because I don't celebrate Christmas. I do celebrate Yule, however because I follow Asatru (Northern Euro Paganism). So I usually say "Happy Yule" or depending on who I'm greeting I may say "Happy Holidays" if I don't feel like explaining Yule at the time. Also, I don't hold it against anyone wishing me a Merry Xmas either. If someone wishes me Merry Xmas, I know it's a friendly greeting and not an attack on my religion. \n\nTo refer to the part of your question about people changing things, I think you're just seeing the effect of having a growing diversity. The country is not populated exclusively by Christmas celebrating Christians. There are a multitude of different clutures and religions, many of which have holidays celebrated around the solstice time. Because of that, many people offer up a greeting of "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings" when they don't know the background of whomever they are addressing or when addressing a wide audience. It's a matter of politeness and sensitivity. Also stores, for example are now referring to sales as "holiday" sales etc. Their reasoning for this is valid. They want to include as wide an audience as possible as customers. Whether you're Jewish, pagan, atheist or christian, your money is just as good. \n\nWith all that said. I don't think there is anything wrong with you saying Merry Christmas. If that is what you celebrate, good for you. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season (which I consider to be everything from Thanksgiving thru New Years). \n\nHappy Yule!
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It does bother me somewhat that it's not called the Yule or Solstice anymore, actually.  As it should be.  \n\n"The word Xmas\nThis abbreviation for Christmas is of Greek origin.  The word for  Christ in Greek is Xristos.  X is also the letter Chi which is the first letter of Christ's name  in the Greek alphabet.  During the 16th century, Europeans began using the first initial of Christ's name, "X" in place of the word Christ in Christmas as a shorthand form of the word.  Although the early Christians understood that X stood for Christ's name, later Christians who did not understand the Greek language mistook "Xmas" as a sign of disrespect.  Unfortunately, some people of today use it as a disrespectful word on purpose.  It is unfortunate."
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I'm afraid I don't know "Arabic", but the others are:\n\nTi amo (italian)\nTe amo, or te quiero (spanish)\nJe t'aime (french)
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I dont know for sure how I say "Good Luck" in my lanuage, but I got some other lanuages:\n\n\n\nХорошее везение    - Russian\nBoa sorte        - Portuguese\n よい運              -Japanese\nBuona fortuna     -Italian\nBuena suerte     -Spanish\nΚαλή τύχη        -Greek\nViel Glueck      - Garman\n\n\nSorry, I dont know any more!
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Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year\nMay god Bless You\nMay you prosper & live long\n\nC'mon choose my answer as the best before Yahoo deletes ur question\n:-)
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1)Thanks\n2)Thank\n3)Giving\n4)Hay\n5Than\n6This\n7Thin\n8Hank\n9Sank\n10Sink\n11Sinks\n12Sing\n13Siding\n14Stand\n15Standing\n16Knit\n17Kin\n18Sit\n19Sat\n20Hat\n21Diving\n22Think\n23Thinks\n24Gay\n25Gin\n26Nay\n27Van\n28Ant\n29Ants\n30Ding\n31Dings\n32Ting\n33Tings\n34Tin\n35Tag\n36Aging\n37King\n38Kings\n39Hang\n40Gang\n41Gnat\n42Gnats\n43Stink\n44Stinks\n45Stank\n46Stik\n47Sky\n48Ski\n49Skin\n50Visit\n51Tad\n52Din\n53Dins\n54Tank\n55Tanks\n56Kind\n57Thinking\n58Thanking\n59Sinking\n60Stinking\n61Tiv\n62Has\n63Skating\n64Danking\n65Yanking\n66Yank\n67Shank\n68Knag\n69Knat\n70Gank\n70Diva
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Peace    (Arabic)\nHi/Hello (Moroccan Arabic)
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I think it is fine and dandy that you say Happy Holidays as opposed to Merry Christmas but I will say Merry Christmas as opposed to Happy Holidays. Why? Because I grew up with it being Christmas... Christmas vaction, Christmas caroling... ect. I was Catholic but now I am one who follows no particular religion and I have no religious conotaions to my message. It is just how I extend my wishes to others... and that's that. I have no issue with whatever greeting people choose. I do have a problem when... say a Walmart greeter gets sued for saying "Merry Christmas". That is just low and petty. And it makes me all the more defiant about it... so this year my "Merry Christmas's" may be laced with a little acidy hiss that may even make Santa cower... (kidding by the way)
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In Spanish:sol\nIn Russian:солнечность\nIn Portuguese:luz do sol\nIn Korean:햇빛\nIn Japanese:日光\nIn Italian:sole\nIn Greek:ηλιοφάνεια\nIn German:Sonnenschein\nIn French:soleil\nIn Dutch:zonneschijn\nIn Traditional Chinese:陽光\nIn Simplified Chinese:阳光\nIn English: Sunshine