Merry Christmas

December 24, 2005 4:52 AM

Merry Christmas Gesëende Kersfees, Milad Majid, Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!, Sretan Bozic, Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan, Gajan Kristnaskon, Joyeux Noel......
posted by zouhair (36 comments total)

Have a happy holiday.
posted by caddis at 5:25 AM on December 24, 2005

Nollaig Shona
posted by Sk4n at 5:35 AM on December 24, 2005

Fuck you too!
posted by Mijo Bijo at 5:51 AM on December 24, 2005

happy birthday !!

sorry your plan didn't work out
posted by hayeled at 5:53 AM on December 24, 2005

And a friggin' Festivus to you! :-)
posted by nofundy at 5:54 AM on December 24, 2005

Cool Yule, Fool!
posted by eriko at 6:02 AM on December 24, 2005

Fröhliche Weinacht!
posted by alumshubby at 6:03 AM on December 24, 2005

Merry Xmas to all.
posted by Dag Maggot at 6:09 AM on December 24, 2005

Fun idea, but I wouldn't put too much trust in the various versions. The Russian is completely screwed up.

Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom

What they mean is:
Pozdravlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s [two words] Novym godom

More importantly, that's not what Russians say. Merry Xmas is С Рождеством Христовым [S Rozhdestvóm Khristóvym], and they don't tend to combine it with Happy New Year (С Новым годом [S nóvym gódom]).

Anyway, happy holidays!
posted by languagehat at 6:31 AM on December 24, 2005

Buon Natale !
posted by elpapacito at 6:41 AM on December 24, 2005

Molt D'Anys y felices fiestas
posted by adamvasco at 6:42 AM on December 24, 2005

Gajan Kristnaskon? Fröhjoyfelizbon Noelsmastividadnacthzic, la!

That's what Esperanto should be like, to make it easier :)
posted by funambulist at 6:47 AM on December 24, 2005

Also a typo in the Dutch: "Zalig Kerstfeast" should be "Zalig Kerstfeest". However, I'd go with "Vrolijk Kerstfeest" or even "Fijne dagen" (lit. 'Happy days' (!)), which is a much more contemporary way of saying it IMO.

Any and all of the above to you!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:31 AM on December 24, 2005

Dies Natialis Solis Invicti!
posted by Justinian at 7:37 AM on December 24, 2005

great, I can't even spell a four word post correctly.
posted by Justinian at 7:38 AM on December 24, 2005

This 'Christmas'...It vibrates?
posted by Goofyy at 8:01 AM on December 24, 2005

Correct Romanian:
Sarbatori fericite!
posted by TRAJAN at 8:26 AM on December 24, 2005

Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb

Free the orange one!
posted by fullerine at 8:28 AM on December 24, 2005

Nah, all wrong, in Hungarian it's Lófaszt a seggedbe!
posted by Wolfdog at 8:29 AM on December 24, 2005

Linksmu Kaledu!!
posted by seawallrunner at 8:36 AM on December 24, 2005

How about shèngdànjié (聖誕節). yeah.
posted by kcm at 8:38 AM on December 24, 2005

or sheng dan kuai le (聖誕快樂), whatever floats your junk.
posted by kcm at 8:43 AM on December 24, 2005

To all my fellow Jews, happy Chewbacca!
posted by maxsparber at 8:44 AM on December 24, 2005

Nollaig Shona dibh go leir agus ath-bhlian.....etc., etc., Thanks Sk4n for reminding me of my supposedly native tongue!
posted by Wilder at 9:04 AM on December 24, 2005

God Jul!
posted by TimeFactor at 9:08 AM on December 24, 2005

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posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:17 AM on December 24, 2005

merrychristmasfromterrorpilot
posted by specialk420 at 10:45 AM on December 24, 2005

Really, the Russians simply say С Рождеством.

Happy holidays to all.
posted by ORthey at 12:18 PM on December 24, 2005

And Russian xmas until next month anyway.
posted by TimeFactor at 1:36 PM on December 24, 2005

The Slovene is wrong (should be vesel božič) and so is the Serbian (should be Kristus se rodi -- literally, "Christ was born") Perhaps this was meant as a prank, or just done really sloppily?

Either way, merry christmas to all and to all a good night.
posted by Ljubljana at 1:53 PM on December 24, 2005

Happy Holidays, you sons-of-bitches.
posted by fixedgear at 2:00 PM on December 24, 2005

Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun

Perfect way to annoy my Cantonese friends!
posted by Citizen Premier at 2:34 PM on December 24, 2005

What, no Klingon wishes of good cheer?
posted by Saydur at 4:31 PM on December 24, 2005

QISmaS Quch Daghajjaj.

Happy, Saydur?
posted by maxsparber at 7:53 PM on December 24, 2005

Oh. Now I get it. They were trying to get the lights to work!

Sorry for the derail, but I've just had 15 beers, and felt I needed to share the epiphany.
posted by Sk4n at 8:35 AM on December 25, 2005

That's it Sk4n I'm taking it to MetaChat. ;)

I didn't get it, so thanks for enlightening.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:10 AM on December 25, 2005