The season of Christmas begins on December 25th.  The staff of the Catholic Dispatch wishes all the choicest of Blessings this season brings!  And, a special "thank you" to those who sent in their personal wish or greeting to us.

Below are the season's greetings and wishes in up to eighty languages.  Some also include a wish for a happy new year, while other more obscure languages may just wish for health.  Any details or corrections would be appreciated.  You're on your own with the pronunciations!

     Afrikaans - 'n Geseënde Kersfees
     Arabic - I'D Miilad said oua sana saida
     Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
     Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
     Basque - Zorionak eta Urte Berri On
     Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
     Brazilian - Feliz Natal
     Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
     Bulgarian - Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
     Cambodian - Op o sa to bon thngai preah Yesu prosourt
     Chinese -
        (Mandarin) Zhu Sheng Dan Kuai Le, Bing Gongxi Xin Nian
                (In Taiwan) Chu sheng tan kwai lo, bing kung hsi hsin nien
        (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
     Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
     Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
     Croatian - Sretan Bozic
     Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
     Danish - Glædelig Jul
     Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest
     English - Merry Christmas
     Eskimo - Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo
     Estonian - Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
     Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
     Finnish - Hyvää Joulua
     Flemish - Zalig Kerstfeest
     French - Joyeux Noël
     Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier
     Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ur
     German - Froehliche Weihnachten
     Greek - Kala Christouyenna
     Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka
     Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
     Hindi - Shub Naya Baras
     Hungarian - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
     Icelandic - Gledileg Jol
     Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal
     Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
     Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit
     Italian - Buon Natale
     Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
     Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha Hamnida
     Latin - Natale hilare
     Latvian - Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus
     Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
     Low Saxon -Heughliche Winachten
     Malay - Selamat Hari Natal
     Maltese - Il-Milied it-tajjeb ghal Malta u Ghawdex
     Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
     Maori - Meri Kirihimete
     Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh
     Mongolian - Zul saryn bolon shine ony mend devshuulye
     Navajo - Merry Keshmish
     Norwegian - God Jul
     Papua New Guinea - Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
     Occitan - Polit nadal
     Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag
     Polish - Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
     Portuguese - Feliz Natal
     Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
     Rumanian - Hristos s-a Nascut
     Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
     Serbian - Sretan Bozic
     Slovakian - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
     Sami - Buorrit Juovllat
     Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
     Scots Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil huibh
     Serb-Croatian - Sretan Bozic
     Singhalese - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
     Slovak - Vesele Vianoce
     Slovene - Vesele Bozicne
     Spanish - Feliz Navidad
     Swahili -  Heri za siku kuu ya Kuzaliwa Kwake
     Swedish - God Jul
     Tagalog - Maligayang Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
     Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
     Thai - Suksan Wan Christmas lae Sawadee Pee Mai
     Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
     Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym
     Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
     Vietnamese - Chung Mung Giang Sinh
     Vietnamese - Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
     Welsh - Nadolig Llawen
     Yugoslavian - Sretan Bozic
     Zulu - Ngiyakufisela uKhisimusi omuhle
 

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