How to Say Happy Holidays in 77 Different Languages (+Free PDF)

December is here. A month of the year, which is a synonym for joy, happiness, and holidays.

You’ve probably already started planning how you will spend your holidays.

Since this year is slightly different from the others and many of you can’t make plans about traveling across the globe, we were thinking about how we can help you.

Why don’t you try to gather as many holiday phrases in different languages as you can?

You maybe know how to say happy holidays in Spanish, but did you know that, for example, in the Yoruba language, you can just say ‘happy holidays’?

In Myanmar, you can say ‘Happy Holidays’ in English, which will be perfectly okay?

So, stay with us and learn how to say ‘Happy Holidays’ in 77 different languages.

If you aren’t sure about the pronunciation, feel free to ask for help from Justlearn tutors.

And now, let’s get started.

Learn to Say Happy Holidays in 77 Different Languages

As much as learning this phrase in so many different languages can be exciting, remembering all of them is challenging.

To make it as easier possible, we’ve prepared a free PDF file with the phrase ‘Happy Holidays’ in 77 different languages. 

At the end of the post, you can download it on your device and take a glance whenever and wherever you want to.

Afrikaans

Gelukkige Vakansie!

Albanian

Gëzuar Festat!

Amharic

መልካም በዓል! (Melikami be‘ali!)

Arabic

اجازة سعيدة

Armenian

ուրախ արձակուրդ! (Urakh Ardzakurd!)

Azerbaijani

Bayramınız mübarək!

Basque

Jai zoriontsuak!

Bengali

শুভ ছুটির দিন! (Śubha chuṭira dina!)

Bosnian

Sretni praznici!

Bulgarian

Весели празници! (Veseli praznitsi!)

Burmese

The Burmese language is one of the languages of Myanmar. Myanmar is a former English colony, therefore saying in English Happy holidays or Merry Christmas is entirely acceptable, and most of them will understand.

Cantonese

假期愉快！(gaa3 kei4 jyu6 faai3!)

Catalan

Bones Festes!

Cebuano

Malipayong Bakasyon!

Chinese

节日快乐 (Jie Ri Kaui Le)!

Christmas is mainly celebrated in the western part of the globe, so you won’t find many places in China where to celebrate. However, in big cities like Beijing or Shangai, you can see Christmas decorations, Christmas trees in the stores.

Croatian

Sretni praznici!

Czech

šťastné svátky! 

Danish

Glædelig jul og godt nytår!

Dutch

Prettige feestdagen!

English

Happy Holidays!

Esperanto

Feliĉajn festojn!

Estonian

Häid pühi!

Filipino

Masaya pista opisya!

Finnish

Hyvää joulua!

French

Joyeuses Fêtes!

Georgian

გილოცავ არდადეგებს! ( Gilotsav ardadegebs!)

German

Frohe Feiertage!

Germans are crazy about the winter holidays. Their celebrations start in November where special Christmas markets start with their offers of special Christmas food and meal, cities and towns are decorated on every corner with inevitable Christmas trees.

Did you know that Germany was the first country that decorated Christmas trees during the Middle Ages?

Greek

Καλές διακοπές! (Kales diakopes!)

Hawaiian

Hau’oli Lanui!

Hebrew

חג שמח

Hindi

छुट्टियां आनंददायक हों! (Chhuttiyaan aanandadaayak hon!)

Hungarian

Boldog Ünnepeket!

Ibibio

Idara ukapade isua'!

Icelandic

Gleðilega Hátíð!

Igbo

Obi ụtọ na Ezumike!

Indonesian

Selamat Hari Raya!

Even though barely 10% of Indonesians are Christians, they love to celebrate this holiday. Therefore, in Indonesia, you can find decorated stores and streets, and many families have a Christmas tree, make Christmas meals, and watch Christmas movies.

Irish

Beannachtaí na Féile!

Did you know that Ireland is home to many Christmas traditions?

According to one of them, you have to stick a candle into the sill of the largest window in your house right after the sunset on Christmas Eve. It will help Mary and Joseph find a shelter.

Italian

Buone Feste!

Japanese

良い休日をお過ごしください!

Due to the modern way of life, in Japan, Christmas became a more romantic holiday, similar to st. Valentine’s day. On Christmas, couples go out to a restaurant for a romantic meal.

Kannada

ಸಂತೋಷದ ರಜಾದಿನಗಳು! (Santōṣada rajādinagaḷu!)

Korean

행복한 휴일이 되십시오!

Kurdish

Betlaneyên we pîroz be!

Lao

ສຸກສັນວັນພັກ! (Suksanvan Phak!)

Latin

Felix feriarum!

Lithuanian

Linksmų švenčių!

Macedonian

Среќни празници! (Sreḱni praznici!)

Malayalam

സന്തോഷകരമായ അവധിദിനങ്ങൾ! ( Santēāṣakaramāya avadhidinaṅṅaḷ!)

Mandarin Chinese

节日快乐!

Nepali

शुभ बिदा! (Śubha bidā!)

Norwegian

God Ferie!

Pashto

رخصتۍ مو مبارک شه

Persian (Farsi)

سال نو مبارک!

Polish

Wesołych Świąt!

Portuguese

Boas Festas!

Punjabi

ਛੁੱਟੀਆਂ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ! (Chuṭī'āṁ mubāraka!)

Romanian

Sarbatori Fericite!

Russian

С праздником!

Serbian

Срећни празници! (Srećni praznici!)

Sinhala

ප්‍රීතිමත් නිවාඩු! (Prītimat nivāḍu!)

Slovak

šťastné prázdniny!

Slovenian

Vesele praznike!

Somali

Fasax Wanagsan!

Spanish

Felices Fiestas!

Besides Christmas, New Year, and yummy food traditions during these holidays, in Spanish, one of the most popular holidays is ‘Día de los Reyes Magos’ or ‘Three Kings Day.’ It is on January 6th, and it is about three magicians who came to visit baby Jesus. On this day, kids in Spain leave out refreshments for magi and water for their camels. In return, they give the kids presents.

Swahili

Furaha likizo!

Swedish

Trevlig Helg!

Tagalog

Maligayang Pagdiriwang!

Tamil

மகிழ்ச்சியான விடுமுறை நாட்கள்! (Makiḻcciyāṉa viṭumuṟai nāṭkaḷ!)

Telugu

శుభ శెలవుదినాలు! (Śubha śelavudinālu!)

Turkish 

Mutlu Bayramlar!

Vietnamese

Chúc kỳ nghỉ lễ vui vẻ!

Ukrainian

щасливих свят! (shchaslyvykh svyat!)

Urdu

خوش چھٹیاں!

Welsh

Cyfarchion y tymor!

Wolof

Mangui lay ndioukeul ci Noël bi!

Xhosa (South African)

Ii holiday eximnandi!

For western countries, it is quite hard to imagine warm and nice weather and Christmas. But in South Africa, that’s the way people celebrate this holiday. 

One of particularly popular Christmas joys is Christmas caroling and attending church on Christmas Eve for candlelight services.

Yoruba

Eku Odun Keresimesi!

In Yoruba, there is no term for happy holidays the way in other languages has. Depending on the holiday, you use different expressions.

Since we all are in Christmas spirit, in Yoruba, wishing a merry Christmas to someone is ‘Eku Odun Keresimesi’

Zulu

Amaholide Amahle!

Final Thoughts

You don’t have to become a polyglot to learn these phrases.

You don’t even have to learn all of them ( but if you want to, you can, of course).

Maybe in reading and learning to pronounce holiday phrases, you find out which language attracts you and decides to get to know it better. In that case, Justlearn tutors are available to get you into the world of the chosen language.

After all, Christmas is also the ideal time of the year when people decide to do something new, be more productive, and use them every day to enjoy their lives.

And there is no better productivity than to be aware that you’ve succeeded in learning one more language from scratch.

No matter in which part of the world you are, we hope you’ll have a very Merry Christmas in different languages.

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