To all my readers, my best wishes for the festive season. Appropriately it represents the one hundredth post to Travel Wonders. Gathered from a wide number of websites are wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in forty different languages.
Afrikaans - Geseknde Kersfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar
Amharic (Ethiopian) - Melikam yelidet beale Melikam Addis Amet (መልከም ልደት)
Bulgarian - Vesela Koleda i chestita nova godina!
Chinese Cantonese- Sing Dan Tung San Fae Lok. Gung Hai Fat Choi (聖誕節同新年快樂. 恭喜發財)
Chinese Mandarin - Shen Dan Kuai Le Xin Nian Yu Kuai (聖誕快樂 新年快樂)
Cherokee - Danistayohihv & Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvasadisv (ᏓᏂᏍᏔᏲᎯᎲ & ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎢᏤ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᎠᏌᏗᏒ)
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Czech - Stastne a vesele vanoce a stastny novy rok!
Danish - Glaedelig Jul og godt nyter
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar
English - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Eskimo (inupik) - Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Estonian - Rõõmusaid jõulupühi ja head uut aastat!
Finnish - Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!
Flemish - Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French - Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année!
German - Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!
Greek - Kala Christougenna kai evtichismenos o kainourios chronos!
Hebrew - Chag Molad Sameach v'Shanah Tovah (חג מולד שמח ושנה טובה)
Hungarian - Kellemes karacsonyi uennepeket es boldog ujevet!
Icelandic - Gleðileg jsl og farsælt komandi ar!
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal dan Selamat Tahun Baru!
Italian - Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!
Japanese - Meri Kurisumasu soshite Akemashite Omedeto!
Korean - Meli Kliseumaseu jal ji naego saehae pog manhi pateuseyo (메리 크리스마스 잘 지내고 새해 복 많이 받으세요)
Latvian - Priecigus Ziemsvetkus un Laimigu Jaungadu!
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Norwegian - God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar
Polish - Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
Portuguese - Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Romanian - Craciun fericit si un an nou fericit
Russian - S nastupaiushchim Novym godom i s Rozhdestvom Khristovym! (С Рождеством Христовым и С наступающим Новым Годом)
Serbian - Hristos se rodi. Srećna Nova Godina (Христос се роди. Срећна Нова Година)
Slovak - Veselé vianoce a Štastný nový rok
Slovene - Vesele bozicne praznike in srecno novo leto
Spanish - ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo!
Swedish - God Jul Och Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Thai - Suk san wan Christmas sawatdii pimaï (สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส และสวัสดีปีใหม่)
Turkish - Noeliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yilinis kutlu olsun!
Vietnamese - Chúc Giáng Sinh Vui Vẻ và Chúc Năm Mới Tốt Lành