S E A S O N ' S     G R E E T I N G S

                     ....  said many ways . . .

Afrikaans       'n Geseende Kersfees en 'n voorspoedige Nuwejaar
Arabic-classic  I'd Miilad said oua Sana saida
Armenian        Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri           Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque          Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On
Bengali         Naba Barsher Shubh Kamona
Breton          Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian       Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo. Tchestita Nova Godina
Chinese
  - Cantonese   Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
  - Mandarin    Gong zhu ge wei shengdan kuai le
                    (We wish you a merry Christmas)
                Yi ji xin nien kuai le  (and a happy new year)
  - Hong Kong   Kung Ho Hsin Hsi.  Ching Chi Shen Tan
Cornish         Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Czech           Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish          Hermed vre beste dnsker om en Gledelig Jul og et Godt 
Nytt]r
Dutch           Zalig Kerstfeest en een gelukkig Nieuwjaar
                Prettige Kerstdagen en een Voorspoedig Nieuwjaar
English         Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
                Season's Greetings
Estonian        Roomsaid Joulu Phui ja Uut Aastat
Finnish         Hyv?? Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
                Toivotamme Hyv?? Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
French          Joyeux noel et bonne anne
German          Frhliche Weihnachten und ein glCckliches neues JahrGreek
 Swiss German   Frhlichi Wynacht unds glCcklich's nis Johr
Hawaiian        Mele kalikimaka me ka Hauoli Makahiki hou
Hebrew          Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi           Shub Naya Baras
Hindi           Naye Warsh Ki Shubhkamnaye
Hungarian       Boldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket
Icelandic       Gledlig jol og Nyar
                Gledileg jl og farsXlt komandi =r
Indonesian      Selamah Tahun Baru
Irish           Nollaig shona dhuit agus athbhliain faoi mhaise
Italian         Buone Natalie e felice Capo d'Anno
                Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo
Japanese        merii kurisumasu (really "merry christmas" spoken with a
                  Japanese accent, no similar word exists in Japanese)
                Happy New Year -
                   Shinnen omedeto (literal translation)
                   Shinnen akemashite omedetou gozaimasu (formal)
                   Akemashite omedetou (for short)
                Shinnen omedeto.  Kurisumasu Omedeto
Kala            Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Etos
Korean          Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian         Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
Lithuanian      Linksmu sventu Kaledu ir Laimingu Nauju Metu
Manx            Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Marathi         Shub Naya Varsh
Norwegian
  - Ny Norsk    Eg ynskjer hermed Dykk alle ein God Jul og eit Godt Nytt 
$r
  - Riksm]l     Gledelig jul og godt nytt }r!    <archaic>
                God jul og godt nytt }r!        <common usage>
Northern Sotho  Matlhatse le matlhogonolo mo ngwageng o moswa.
Polish          Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i Szczesliwego Nowego 
Roku
Papiamento      Bon Pasku i Felis Anja Nobo
Pig Latin       Errymay  ristmaskay nday appyhay ewnay earyay
Portuguese      Feliz Natal e prospero Ano Novo
                Feliz Natal e Bom Ano Novo
Rapa-Nui        Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi.  Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Romanian        Sarbatori Fericite.  La Multi Ani
Russian         Pozdravlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom
Samoan          La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scottish        Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
Serb-Croatian   Sretam Bozic.  Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese      Subha nath thalak Vewa.  Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak          Vesele Vianoce.  A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene         Vesele Bozicne.  Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish         Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo
Swedish         Glad Jul och ett gott Nytt $r
                Vi vill h?rmed nska en God Jul och ett Gott Nytt $r
Tagalog         Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil           Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Turkish         Yeni Yilnizi Kutar, saadetler dilerim
Ukrainian       Veselykh Svyat i scaslivoho Novoho Roku
Urdu            Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese      Chuc mung nam moi
Waray           Maupay nga Pasko ngan Mainuswagon nga Bag-o nga Tu-ig
Welsh           Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Zulu:           Nginifisela inhlanhla ne mpumelelo e nyakeni.

        Apologies for:
             hundreds of omitted languages
            incorrect spelling - - inapropriate punctuation &
            characters that cannot be communicated on screens.