Merry Christmas in Different Languages: 70 Ways to Spread

Christmas is celebrated by millions of people across the globe, and one of the best ways to share the festive spirit is by learning how to say Merry Christmas in different languages.

If you’re sending holiday cards, greeting international friends, traveling during the festive season, or simply curious about Christmas traditions, knowing these greetings adds a thoughtful and personal touch.

In this guide, you’ll discover how to say Merry Christmas in all languages, including the correct native phrase, an easy English pronunciation, and practical examples you can use in everyday conversations.

These Merry Christmas translations help you connect with people from different cultures while celebrating the joy of the holiday season.

If you’ve ever wondered how to say Merry Christmas in different languages or wanted to explore Merry Christmas around the world, this comprehensive list is exactly what you need

#	Language	Native Phrase	English Pronunciation	Example Sentence	English Meaning
1	English	Merry Christmas	Merry Kris-muhs	Merry Christmas to you and your family!	I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas.
2	Spanish	Feliz Navidad	Feh-LEES Nah-vee-DAD	¡Feliz Navidad, amigo!	Merry Christmas, my friend!
3	French	Joyeux Noël	Zhwa-yuh No-EL	Joyeux Noël à tous!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
4	German	Frohe Weihnachten	FROH-uh VINE-ahk-ten	Frohe Weihnachten, Oma!	Merry Christmas, Grandma!
5	Italian	Buon Natale	Bwon Nah-TAH-leh	Buon Natale a tutti!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
6	Portuguese	Feliz Natal	Feh-LEES Nah-TAHL	Feliz Natal para você!	Merry Christmas to you!
7	Dutch	Vrolijk Kerstfeest	VROH-like KERST-fayst	Vrolijk Kerstfeest!	Merry Christmas!
8	Danish	Glædelig Jul	GLEH-the-lig Yool	Glædelig Jul til jer!	Merry Christmas to you all!
9	Swedish	God Jul	Good Yool	God Jul och gott nytt år!	Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
10	Norwegian	God Jul	Goo Yool	God Jul, venner!	Merry Christmas, friends!
11	Finnish	Hyvää Joulua	HOO-va JOW-lu-ah	Hyvää Joulua kaikille!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
12	Icelandic	Gleðileg Jól	GLETH-i-leg Yole	Gleðileg Jól!	Merry Christmas!
13	Irish	Nollaig Shona	Null-ig HUN-a	Nollaig Shona duit!	Merry Christmas to you!
14	Welsh	Nadolig Llawen	Nah-DOL-ig HLAH-wen	Nadolig Llawen!	Merry Christmas!
15	Scottish Gaelic	Nollaig Chridheil	Null-ig KHREE-el	Nollaig Chridheil dhut!	Merry Christmas to you!
16	Polish	Wesołych Świąt	Veh-SOH-wihkh SHVYONT	Wesołych Świąt wszystkim!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
17	Czech	Veselé Vánoce	VEH-seh-leh VAA-no-tseh	Veselé Vánoce!	Merry Christmas!
18	Slovak	Veselé Vianoce	VEH-seh-leh Vee-ah-NO-tseh	Veselé Vianoce prajem!	I wish you a Merry Christmas!
19	Hungarian	Boldog Karácsonyt	BOL-dog Kah-RAACH-onyt	Boldog Karácsonyt!	Merry Christmas!
20	Romanian	Crăciun Fericit	Kruh-CHOON Feh-ree-CHEET	Crăciun Fericit tuturor!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
21	Bulgarian	Весела Коледа	Veh-SEH-la Ko-LEH-da	Весела Коледа!	Merry Christmas!
22	Serbian	Срећан Божић	SREH-chan BOH-zhich	Срећан Божић свима!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
23	Croatian	Sretan Božić	SREH-tan BO-zhich	Sretan Božić!	Merry Christmas!
24	Slovenian	Vesel Božič	VEH-sel BO-zheech	Vesel Božič!	Merry Christmas!
25	Russian	С Рождеством	S Rahzh-des-TVOM	С Рождеством!	Merry Christmas!

26	Ukrainian	З Різдвом Христовим	Z Riz-DVOM Khrys-TO-vym	З Різдвом Христовим, друже!	Merry Christmas, my friend!
27	Belarusian	З Калядамі	Z Ka-lya-DA-mi	З Калядамі ўсім!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
28	Greek	Καλά Χριστούγεννα	Ka-LA Khree-STOO-yen-na	Καλά Χριστούγεννα σε όλους!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
29	Turkish	Mutlu Noeller	MOOT-loo No-el-LER	Mutlu Noeller!	Merry Christmas!
30	Arabic	عيد ميلاد مجيد	Eid Mee-LAD Ma-JEED	عيد ميلاد مجيد لكم	Merry Christmas to you all!
31	Hebrew	חג מולד שמח	Khag Mo-LAD Sa-ME-akh	חג מולד שמח!	Merry Christmas!
32	Persian (Farsi)	کریسمس مبارک	Kree-smas Mo-BA-rak	کریسمس مبارک دوست من	Merry Christmas, my friend!
33	Hindi	मेरी क्रिसमस	Meh-ree KRIS-mas	मेरी क्रिसमस!	Merry Christmas!
34	Urdu	میری کرسمس	Meri Christmas	میری کرسمس دوست!	Merry Christmas, friend!
35	Punjabi	ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਿਸਮਸ	Meri Christmas	ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਿਸਮਸ ਸਭ ਨੂੰ!	Merry Christmas to everyone!
36	Bengali	শুভ বড়দিন	Shubho Boro-din	শুভ বড়দিন!	Merry Christmas!
37	Gujarati	મેરી ક્રિસમસ	Meh-ree KRIS-mas	મેરી ક્રિસમસ!	Merry Christmas!
38	Marathi	मेरी ख्रिसमस	Meh-ree Khris-mas	मेरी ख्रिसमस मित्रांनो!	Merry Christmas, friends!
39	Tamil	கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துகள்	Kiris-thu-mas VAAZH-thu-kal	கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துகள்!	Christmas greetings!
40	Telugu	క్రిస్మస్ శుభాకాంక్షలు	Kris-mas Shu-bha-KANK-sha-lu	క్రిస్మస్ శుభాకాంక్షలు!	Merry Christmas!
41	Kannada	ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು	Kris-mas Shu-bhaa-sha-ya-ga-lu	ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು!	Merry Christmas!
42	Malayalam	ക്രിസ്മസ് ആശംസകൾ	Kris-mas Aa-sham-sa-kal	ക്രിസ്മസ് ആശംസകൾ!	Christmas greetings!
43	Sinhala	සුභ නත්තලක්	Su-bha Nath-tha-lak	සුභ නත්තලක්!	Merry Christmas!
44	Nepali	मेरी क्रिसमस	Meh-ree KRIS-mas	मेरी क्रिसमस!	Merry Christmas!
45	Thai	สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส	Sook-san Wan Christmas	สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส!	Merry Christmas!
46	Vietnamese	Giáng Sinh Vui Vẻ	Zang Sin Vui Veh	Giáng Sinh Vui Vẻ!	Merry Christmas!
47	Indonesian	Selamat Hari Natal	Seh-la-mat Ha-ree Na-tal	Selamat Hari Natal!	Merry Christmas!
48	Malay	Selamat Hari Krismas	Seh-la-mat Ha-ree Kris-mas	Selamat Hari Krismas!	Merry Christmas!
49	Filipino (Tagalog)	Maligayang Pasko	Ma-li-ga-yang Pas-ko	Maligayang Pasko sa inyong lahat!	Merry Christmas to all of you!
50	Chinese (Mandarin)	圣诞快乐	Sheng-dan Kwai-luh	圣诞快乐！	Merry Christmas!

51	Japanese	メリークリスマス	Meh-ree Ku-ri-su-ma-su	メリークリスマス！	Merry Christmas!
52	Korean	메리 크리스마스	Meh-ree Keu-ri-seu-ma-seu	메리 크리스마스!	Merry Christmas!
53	Mongolian	Зул сарын мэнд	Zool Sar-sin Mend	Зул сарын мэнд!	Merry Christmas!
54	Khmer	រីករាយបុណ្យណូអែល	Ree-ka-rey Bon Noel	រីករាយបុណ្យណូអែល!	Merry Christmas!
55	Lao	ສຸກສັນວັນຄຣິດສະມາດ	Sook-san Wan Christmas	ສຸກສັນວັນຄຣິດສະມາດ!	Merry Christmas!
56	Burmese	ပျော်ရွှင်ဖွယ်ရာ ခရစ္စမတ်	Pyaw-shwin Phwel-ya Christmas	ပျော်ရွှင်ဖွယ်ရာ ခရစ္စမတ်!	Merry Christmas!
57	Swahili	Krismasi Njema	Kree-sma-see Nje-ma	Krismasi Njema rafiki!	Merry Christmas, friend!
58	Afrikaans	Geseënde Kersfees	Khe-SE-en-de Kerst-fays	Geseënde Kersfees!	Merry Christmas!
59	Zulu	Ukhisimusi Omuhle	Oo-khi-si-MU-si O-moo-hleh	Ukhisimusi Omuhle!	Merry Christmas!
60	Xhosa	Krismesi emnandi	Kree-smeh-see Em-NAN-dee	Krismesi emnandi!	Merry Christmas!
61	Yoruba	E ku Odun, E ku Isegun	Eh Koo Oh-doon Eh Koo Ee-she-goon	E ku Odun!	Merry Christmas!
62	Hausa	Barka da Kirsimeti	Bar-ka da Kir-si-me-ti	Barka da Kirsimeti!	Merry Christmas!
63	Amharic	መልካም የገና በዓል	Mel-kam Ye-ge-na Be-al	መልካም የገና በዓል!	Merry Christmas!
64	Somali	Ciid Wanaagsan	Eed Wa-naag-san	Ciid Wanaagsan!	Merry Christmas!
65	Hawaiian	Mele Kalikimaka	Meh-leh Kah-lee-kee-MAH-kah	Mele Kalikimaka!	Merry Christmas!
66	Māori	Meri Kirihimete	Meh-ree Kee-ree-hee-meh-teh	Meri Kirihimete!	Merry Christmas!
67	Samoan	Manuia le Kerisimasi	Ma-noo-ee-ah Leh Keh-ree-see-ma-see	Manuia le Kerisimasi!	Merry Christmas!
68	Tongan	Kilisimasi Fiefia	Kee-lee-see-ma-see Fee-eh-fee-ah	Kilisimasi Fiefia!	Merry Christmas!
69	Esperanto	Feliĉan Kristnaskon	Feh-LEE-chan Kreest-NAS-kon	Feliĉan Kristnaskon!	Merry Christmas!
70	Latin	Natale Hilare	Nah-TAH-leh Hee-LAH-reh	Natale Hilare omnibus!	Merry Christmas to everyone!

Conclusion

Learning Merry Christmas in different languages is a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season with people from around the world.

If you’re writing Christmas cards, sending text messages, posting on social media, or greeting international friends, using someone’s native language makes your holiday wishes feel more personal and meaningful.

Keep this guide handy whenever you want to share festive joy and spread Christmas cheer across cultures.

FAQs:

1. How do you say Merry Christmas in different languages?

You can say Merry Christmas in many ways, such as Feliz Navidad (Spanish), Joyeux Noël (French), Frohe Weihnachten (German), Buon Natale (Italian), and 圣诞快乐 (Chinese), among many others.

2. What is the most popular Merry Christmas translation?

Some of the most recognized translations include Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël, Frohe Weihnachten, Buon Natale, and God Jul, as they are widely used around the world.

3. Why should I learn Merry Christmas in other languages?

Learning Christmas greetings in different languages helps you connect with people from diverse cultures, makes holiday messages more thoughtful, and adds a personal touch to greetings, cards, and social media posts.

4. Which countries use “Feliz Navidad”?

Feliz Navidad is commonly used in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and many other Spanish-speaking countries around the world.

5. Can I use these Merry Christmas translations in holiday cards?

Yes. These translations are perfect for Christmas cards, emails, text messages, classroom projects, travel greetings, business communications, and festive social media posts.