Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to our readers in as many foreign languages as we can find
May our gift for Christmas and our resolution for the New Year be letting our voices be heard by airline, hotel, rental car, cruise line, and other travel providers. May this holiday season and the new year bring a better travel experience for all.
Afrikaans
Geseende Kerfees en ’n gelukkige nuwe jaar
African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja
Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian
Gézuar Krishlindjet Vitin e Ri
Amharic (Ethiopian)
Melkam Yelidet Beaal
Aramaic (the language of our Lord)
Edo bri’cho o rish d’shato brich’to
Arabic
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Armenian
Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Aromanian (North Greece)
Crãciunu hãriosu shi unu anu nãu, bunu
Azeri (Azerbaijan)
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque/Euskera
Zorionak eta Urte Berri On
Bahasa Malaysia
Selamat Hari Natal
Bengali (India)
Shuvo Baro Din – Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Bicolano (Philippines)
Maugmang Capascuhan asin Masaganang Ba
Bohemian (Czech/Slovakia)
Vesele Vanoce
Singapore Airport Christmas Tree
Brazilian
Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton
Nedeleg laouen na bloav ezh mat
Bulgarian
Vasel Koleda; Tchestita nova godina
Catalan
Bon nadal i feliç any nou
Cantonese
Seng Dan Fai Lok, Sang Nian Fai Lok
Cebuano (Philippines)
Malipayong Pasko ug Bulahang Bag
Choctawisch (North American Indian)
Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Cree (Canada)
Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Creek (Muskogee) [N.A.Indian]
Afvcke Nettvcakorakko
Croatian
Sretan Bozic
Cornish (U.K)
Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsican
Bon Natale e Bon capu d’ annu
Czech
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish
Glædelig Jul og godt nytår
Duri (Indonesian)
Christmas -e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Egyptian
Colo sana wintom tiebeen
English
Merry Christmas
Eskimo
Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo
Esperanto
Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian
Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi Head uut aastat
Faeroese (West Scandinavian language)
Gledhilig jól og eydnurikt nýggjár
Farsi (Iran)
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish
Hyvää Joulua or Hauskaa Joulua
Flemish
Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année
Friulian
Bon Nadâl e Bon An Gnûf
Frisian
Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier
Gaelic
Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ur
Galicia
Bon Nadal e Bo Ani Novo
German
Fröhliche Weihnachten!, Frohe Weihnachten!
Greek
Kala Christougenna Kieftihismenos O Kenourios Chronos
Greenland
Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit
Hausa (North Nigeria)
Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara
Hawaiian
Mele Kalikimaka & Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Hebrew
Mo’adim Lesimkha. Shana Tova (actually means Good Year associated with Rosh Hashanah)
Hindi (main language, India)
Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian (Magyar)
Kellemes Karácsonyi ünnepeket & Boldog Új Évet
Ilocano (Philippines)
Naimbag a Pascua ken Naragsac nga Baro nga Tawen
Indonesian
Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Iroquois
Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
Irish
Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Icelandic
Gleðileg Jól og Farsaelt Komandi ár
Italian
Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo
Japanese
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jèrriais (Jersey)
Bouan Noué et Bouanne Année
Karelian (Finland)
Rastawanke Sinun, Uvven Vuvenke Sinun
Korean
Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Krio (Sierra Leone-kreol)
Appi Krismes en Appi Niu Yaa
Kurdish
Seva piroz sahibe u sersala te piroz be
Ladin (South Tirol)
Bon Nadel y Bon Ann Nuef
Latin
Natale hilare et Annum Nuovo
Latvian
Prieci’gus Ziemsve’tkus un Laimi’gu Jauno Gadu
Lettish
Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian
Linksmu Kaledu ir laimingu Nauju metu
Luxembourg
Schéi Krëschtdeeg an e Schéint Néi Joer
Macedonian
Streken Bozhik
Malaysian
Selamat Hari Natal
Malayalam (South India)
Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal
Maltese
Nixtieklek Milied tajjeb u is-sena t-tabja
Mandarin
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Manx (Isle of Man)
Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori
Meri Kirihimete
Marathi (India)
Shub Naya Varsh
Mongolian
Zul saryn bolon shine ony mend devshuulye
Navajo
Merry Keshmish
Netherlands
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Norwegian
God Jul og Godt Nyttår
Occitanian (France/Spain)
Polit nadal e bona annada
Oriya (India)
Sukhamaya christmass ebang khusibhara naba barsa
Pampangan (Philippines)
Malugud Pascu at saca Masayang Bayung Banua!
Papiamento (Aruba)
Bon Pasco y un Feliz Aña Nobo
Papua-New Guinea
Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Pashto (Iran)
De Christmas akhtar de bakhtawar au newai kal de mubarak sha.
Pennsylvania-German
En frehlicher Grischtdaag unen hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish
Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese
Boas Festas e um feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi (India/Pakistan)
Nave sal di mubaraka
Pushto (Afghanistan/Pakistan)
Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui (Easter Islands)
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhaeto-Romanic (Romance language in Switzerland)
Bella Festas da zNadal ed in Ventiravel Onn Nov
Romani (Sinti + Roma)
Bachtalo krecunu Thaj Bachtalo Nevo Bers
Romanian
Crăciun fericit și un An Nou fericit!
Russian
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom
Sambal (Philippines)
Maligayang Pasko at Masayang Ba-yon Taoni
Samisch (Lapland)
Buorit Juovllat ja Buorre Oddajahki
Samoan
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian
Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Swedish
God Jul och Gott Nytt År
Serbian
Hristos se rodi
Serbo-Croatian
Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Sinhalese
Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Sicilian
Bon Natali e Prosperu Annu Novu
Slovak
Vesele Vianoce a stastny novy rok
Somalian
ciid wanaagsan iyo sanad cusub oo fiican
Slovenian
Vesele bozicne praznike in srecno novo leto
Serbian
Wjesole hody a strowe Nowe leto
Spanish
Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Swahili
ºKrismas Njema Na Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº
Sudanese
Wilujeng Natal Sareng Warsa Enggal
Tagalog (Philippines)
Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon
Tahitian
Rere Noere. Maitai Matahiti Api
Tamil (South India)
Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai
Suksan Wan Christmas lae Sawadee Pee Mai
Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea ; also known as pidgin English)
Meri Krismas & Hepi Nu Yia
Tonga
Kilisimasi Fiefia & Ta’u fo’ou monu ia
Trukian (Micronesia)
Neekirissimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Tswana (Botsuana)
Keresemose o monate le masego a ngwaga o montsha
Turkish
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukranian
Veseloho Vam Rizdva i Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku!
Urdu
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vepsi (Finland/Russia)
Rastvoidenke i Udenke Vodenke
Vietnamese
Chuc Mung Giang Sinh – Chuc Mung Tan Nien
Viequanese (Vieques – Island in Caribbean)
Fuera La Marina de Vieques
Welsh/Cymraeg (a celtic language)
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Waray-Waray (Philippines [Samar])
Maupay nga Pasko ngan Mainuswagon nga Bag-o nga Tuig!
Xhosa
Siniqwenelela Ikrisimesi EmnandI Nonyaka Omtsha Ozele Iintsikelelo Namathamsanqa
Yiddish
Gute Vaynakhtn un a Gut Nay Yor
Yoruba (Nigeria)
E ku odun, e hu iye’ dun!
Zulu
Sinifesela Ukhisimusi Omuhle Nonyaka Omusha Onempumelelo
London photo by Jamie Davies on Unsplash
Christmas Tree photo by Aswathy N on Unsplash
Cat photo by Bermix Studio on Unsplash
Merry Christmas photo by BBC Creative on Unsplash
Christmas Tree 2 photo by Ivan Borinschi on Unsplash
Gingerbread House photo by Ryan Wallace on Unsplash
Songbook photo by David Beale on Unsplash
Christmas List Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash
All I need photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash
Enjoy this as well:
May all travelers enjoy the music and joy of Christmas.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
