Most of us relate Christmas as a time for being together with family, friends and, sometimes, feeling closer to people we don’t normally feel that close. Well, at least we tend to be more understanding… even if it’s for the sake of Christmas ;-).

It’s the thought of ‘togetherness’ what’s made me think of all the people who will be celebrating this special time of the year, wishing Merry Christmas to their own friends and family…. but have you ever wondered how they’ll be actually wishing Merry Christmas?

Here’s a small selection of how Merry Christmas would be translated into other languages (a few of them also include and a Happy New Year):

• Albanian: Gezu Krislinjden
• Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
• Spanish: Feliz Navidad
• Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On (this one includes Happy New Year too)
• Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha
• Portuguese (Brazil): Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
• Portuguese (Portugal): Feliz Natal
• Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou
• Chinese Mandarin: Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
• Croatian: Sretan Bozic
• Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
• Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar or Zalig Kerstfeast
• Eskimo Inupik:Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo
• Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
• French: Joyeux Noel
• German: Froehliche Weihnachten
• Greek: Kala Christouyenna
• Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
• Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
• Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
• Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
• Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto  

More languages are listed on this site.

How do you wish Merry Christmas in your language?