If you click on the map above it can be made bigger so it is easier to see. You can click and drag to see a different area and zoom in and out. If you click on an icon you will be given the country name and how they say “Merry Christmas.” The color of the icon generally shows countries that say Merry Christmas the same. That is true except for the square turquoise icon that shows countries with their own saying.
Hi Kids. Aloysius has let me show you another map he has been working on for Santa’s big trip. As you know, Santa visits kids all around the world and who speak many languages. So Santa can celebrate with all of the kids he has learned how “Merry Christmas” is said in different languages.
The map and table also come in handy when Santa is undercover. Sometimes, Santa likes to walk around a town dressed in a different suit than his typical red suit. There is a rumor Santa even likes to wear shorts if it is warm. He likes to see what people are up to and how they celebrate Christmas. Knowing a bit of the local language helps Santa walk around without being noticed.
Are any of you traveling to another area for Christmas or do any of your friends say something different than you? If so, maybe this map and table will help you too. Keep spreading Christmas Cheer!
I hope I didn’t make many mistakes or forget anywhere. How many different ways can you remember? You can also see how language is shared between people of both different and similar cultures.
| Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Mauritius, Montserrat, Nigeria, Norfolk Island, Palau, Pitcairn, Tokelau, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Merry Christmas |
| Antarctica | Merry Christmas, Felices Pasquas, Hristos Razdajetsja |
| Guam | Merry Christmas, Felis Pasgua |
| Gibraltar | Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad |
| United Kingdom | Merry Christmas, Happy Christmas, Nadolig Llawen |
| United States | Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season’s Greetings |
| Cameroon, Canada, Vanuatu | Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël |
| Cook Islands | Merry Christmas, Kia orana e kia manuia rava i teia Kiritime |
| Malawi | Merry Christmas, Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha X’mas |
| Thailand | Merry Christmas, Sawasdee Pee Mai |
| Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela | Feliz Navidad! |
| Chile | Feliz Navidad China Sheng Tan Kuai Loh |
| Colombia | Feliz Navidad para todos |
| Puerto Rico | Feliz Navidad, Felices Pascuas, Felicidades |
| Australia, Bahamas, British Indian Ocean Territory, Lesotho, Liberia, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Sierra Leone, South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Happy Christmas |
| Seychelles | Happy Christmas, Joyeux Noël |
| Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, France, French Guiana, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Mali, Martinique, Monaco, New Caledonia, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Togo, Wallis and Futuna Islands | Joyeux Noël |
| Madagascar | Joyeux Noël, Arahaba tratry ny Krismasy |
| Equatorial Guinea | Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad |
| French Polynesia | Joyeux Noël, La ora i te Noera |
| Chad, Comoros, Djibouti | Joyeux Noël, Milad Mubarak |
| Austria | Frohe Weihnachten |
| Germany, Liechtenstein | Fröhliche Weihnachten |
| Switzerland | Fröhlichi Wiehnacht, Joyeux Noël |
| Indonesia | a Salamet Hari Natal |
| Ghana | Afishapa |
| Pakistan | Bara Din Mubarrak Ho |
| Papua New Guinea | Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas |
| Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe | Boas Festas |
| Macau | Boas Festas, Sing Dan Fiy Loc |
| Hungary | Boldog Karácsonyt |
| Andorra | Bon Nadal |
| ruba, Netherlands Antilles | Bon Pasco, Bon Anja |
| Italy, San Marino | Buon Natale |
| Yugoslavia | Cestitamo Bozic |
| Vietnam | Chuc Mung Giang Sinh (chúc mừng giáng sinh) |
| Republic of Moldova | Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit! |
| Romania | Craciun Fericit, Sarbatori Fericite |
| Afghanistan | De Christmas akhtar de bakhtawar au newai kal de mubarak sha |
| Cyprus | Eftihismena Christougenna, Noëliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yili |
| Brazil | Feliz Natal |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Filis Pasgua, Merry Christmas |
| Namibia | Geseende Kersfees |
| South Africa | Geseënde Kersfees, Happy Christmas |
| Albania | Gëzuar Krishlindjet |
| Georgia | Gilotsavt Krist’es Shobas |
| Denmark | Glaedelig Jul |
| Greenland | Glædelig Jul, Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit |
| Faroe Islands | Gledhilig jol |
| Iceland | Gleðileg Jól |
| Sweden | God Jul |
| Norway | God Jul, Gledelig Jul |
| Estonia | Haid Joule, Rôômsaid Jôule |
| Finland | Hauskaa Joulua |
| Kyrgyzstan | Hristos Razdajetsja |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | Hristos Razdajetsja, Gledelig Jul |
| Kazakhstan | Hristos Razdajetsja, Rozdjestvom Hristovim |
| Russian Federation | Hristos Razdajetsja, S Rozdjestvom Hristovim |
| Arabic | I’d Miilad Said Oua Sana Saida |
| United Arab Emirates | I’d miilad said oua sana saida |
| Iraq | Idah Saidan Wasanah Jadidah |
| Malta | Il-Milied it-Tajjeb, Festi t-Tajba |
| Haiti | Jwaye Nwel |
| Greece | Kala Christougenna |
| Tonga | Kilisimasi Fiefia |
| United Republic of Tanzania, Mayotte | Krismas Njema Na Heri Za Mwaka Mpya, Happy Christmas |
| Bhutan, Nepal | krist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Shuva |
| Chinese (Mandarin), Taiwan | Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan |
| American Samoa | La Maunia Le Kilisimasi |
| Samoa | La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
| Lithuania | Laimingu Kaledu |
| Filipino | Maligayang Pasko |
| Philippines | Maligayang Pasko |
| Eritrea | Melkam Yelidet Beaal, Poket Kristmet |
| Ethiopia | Melkam Yelidet Beaal, Poket Kristmet, Merry Christmas |
| Japan | Merii Kurisumasu |
| Lebanon | Milad Majeed |
| Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Yemen | Milad Mubarak |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Milad Mubarak, Buon Natale, Happy Christmas |
| Jordan, Kuwait | Milad Mubarak, Merry Christmas |
| Israel | Mo’adim Lesimkha |
| Marshall islands | Monono ilo raaneoan Nejin |
| Welsh | Nadolig Llawen |
| India | Natal Mubarak |
| Latin | Natale hilare et Annum Faustum! |
| Urdu | Naya Saal Mubarak Ho |
| Burundi | Noëli Nziza, Joyeux Noël |
| Rwanda | Noheli Nziza |
| Ireland | Nollaig Shona Dhuit |
| Netherlands | Prettige Kerstdagen, Zalig Kerstfeest, Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar |
| Latvia | Priecigus ziemassvetkus! |
| Cambodia | rikreay thngai nauel |
| Luxembourg | Schéi Krëschtdeeg |
| Malaysia | Selamat Hari Krimas |
| Brunei Darussalam | Selamat Hari Natal |
| Singapore | Sheng Tan Kuai Loh, Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal, Happy Christmas |
| Armenia | Shnorhavor Sourp Dzunount |
| Hindi | Shubh Christmas |
| Bangladesh | Shuvo Baro Din |
| Hong Kong | Sing dan fiy loc, Merry Christmas |
| Slovenia | Srecen Bozic |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sretam Bozic, Hristos se rodi |
| Croatia | Sretan Bozic |
| Macedonia | Streken Bozhik |
| Sri Lanka | Subha nath thalak Vewa, Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal |
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Korean</span | Sung Tan Chuk Ha |
| Republic of Korea | Sungtan Chukha |
| Azerbaijan | Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun |
| Czech Republic | Vesele Vanoce |
| Slovakia (Slovak Republic) | Vesele Vianoce |
| Ukraine | Veseloho Vam Rizdva |
| Bulgaria | Vessela Koleda |
| Uganda | Webale Krismasi |
| Poland | Wesolych Swiat |
| Sudan | Wilujeng Natal |
| Belarus | Winshuyu sa Svyatkami |
| Surinam | Zalig Kersfeest, Wang swietie Kresnetie |
| Belgium | Zalig Kerstfeest |
