Some people say that we Americans do not say “Merry Christmas” anymore. In this country where I was taught we were a Melting Pot of immigrants, which always warmed my soul, I am providing a list of ways to say “Merry Christmas” in many languages, including a pronunciation guide. “Merry Christmas” to all, in many ways!
Afrikaans: Geseende Kersfees, pronounced “heh-sehn-dah kers-fays”
Brazilian Portuguese: Boas Festa, pronounced “bo as fest es”
Danish: Glaedelig jul, pronounced “GLED-uh-lee yul”
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest, pronounced “vroho-likh kerst-fayst”
English: Merry Christmas, pronounced “meh-ree kris-muhs”
Filipino: Maligayang Paskol, pronounced “ma-lee-GAH-yang Pah-skoh”
Finnish: Yyvaa joulua, pronounced “hoo-vah yo-looah”
French: Joyeux Noël, pronounced “zhwah-yuh noh-el”
German: Frohe Weihnachten, pronounced “froh-uh vy-nahk-ten”
Irish: Nollaig mhaith chugat, pronounced “Null-eg mah hu-gut”
Italian: Buon Natale, pronounced “bwon nah nah-tah-leh”
Japanese: Merii Kurisumasu, pronounced “merī-ku-ri-su-masu)”
Mandarin Chinese: Shengdan kuailie, pronounced “shung-dan kwai-luh
Polish: Westolych Swiat, pronounced “veh-SOH-wihk SHVYant”
Portuguese: Feliz Natal, pronounced ‘feh-liz nah-taw”
Russian: S Rozhdestvom Kristovym, pronounced “s rahzh-deh-STVOHM kree STAH-vuhm”
Serbian & Croatian: Srecan Bozic, pronounced “SREH-chan BO-zhich”
Spanish: Feliz Navidad, pronounced “feh-lees nah-vee-dahd”
Swedish: God Jul, pronounced “good yul”
Ukrainian: Z Rizdvom Khrystovym, pronounced “z ree-z DVO-m hree=STOH-vim”
Vietnamese: Giang Sinh vui ve, pronounced “ZiHr Seenh vui ve”
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