HOW TO SAY "MERRY CHRISTMAS" IN OVER 33 =
LANGUAGES!
Afrikander – Een Plesierige =
Kerfees
Arabic – I’d miilad said =
oua sana saida
Argentine – Felices =
Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo
Armenian – Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari =
Gaghand
Azeri – Tezze Iliniz Yahsi =
Olsun
Basque – Zorionstsu =
Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On
Bohemian – Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian – Boas Festas e Feliz Ano =
Novo
Breton – Nedeleg laouen na =
bloavezh mat
Bulgarian – Tchestita =
Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Chinese – Mandarin – Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu =
Shen Tan
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p; – Catonese – Gun Tso Sun =
Tan’Gung Haw Sun
Cornish – Nadelik =
looan na looan blethen =
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Cree – Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian – Sretan Bozic
Czech – Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy =
Rok
Danish – Gladelig =
Jul
Dutch – Vrolijk Kerstfeest en =
een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English – =
Merry Christmas
Esperanto – Gajan =
Kristnaskon
Estonian – Roomsaid =
Joulu Puhi
Farsi – =
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish – Hyvaa joulua
French – Joyeux Noel
Frisian – Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en =
Seine yn it Nije Jier!
German – =
Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek – =
Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian – =
Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew – Mo’adim =
Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi – Shub =
Naya Baras
Hungarian – Kellemes =
Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic – =
Gledileg Jol
Indonesian – Selamat =
Hari Natal
Iraqi – Idah Saidan Wa =
Sanah Jadidah
Irish – Nollaig =
Shona Dhuit
Italian – Buone Feste =
Natalizie
Japanese – Shinnen =
omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean =
– Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian – =
Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
Lettish – Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian – Linksmu Kaledu
Manx – Nollick ghennal as blein vie =
noa
Maori – Meri =
Kirihimete
Marathi – Shub Naya =
Varsh
Navajo – Merry =
Keshmish
Norwegian – God Jul Og =
Godt Nytt Aar
Pennsylvania German =
– En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish – Wesolych Swiat Bozego =
Narodzenia
Portuguese – Boas =
Festas
Rapa-Nui – =
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rumanian – Sarbatori vesele
Russian – Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is =
Novim Godom
Serbian – Hristos se =
rodi
Slovakian – Sretan Bozic or =
Vesele vianoce
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
Swedish – God Jul and =
(Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Tagalog – =
Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil – Nathar Puthu Varuda =
Valthukkal
Thai – Sawadee Pee =
Mai
Turkish – Noeliniz Ve Yeni =
Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian – =
Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu – Naya =
Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese – Chung =
Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh – Nadolig =
Llawen
Yugoslavian – Cestitamo =
Bozic
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ANSWERS =
TO YESTERDAY’S CHRISTMAS QUIZ
(correct answer to each is in =
all-caps)
1. The first instrument on which the carol =
"Silent Night" was played was:
(a) A harp (b) A pipe organ (c) A GUITAR (d) A =
kazoo
2. In Guatemala, Christmas Day is =
celebrated:
(a) On January 6 (b) =
On DECEMBER 25 (c) On October 31 (d) Never
3. =
Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in:
(a) 1845 (b) *1895 (c) 1909 (d) =
1936
4. Good King Wenceslas was king of which =
country?
(a) Abyssinia (b) England =
(c) BOHEMIA (d) Poland
5. =
Medieval English Christmas pantomimes did not include which =
character?
(a) ST. NICHOLAS (b) =
Bold Slasher (c) Father Christmas (d) Turkish Knight
6. The =
name of Scrooge’s deceased business partner in the novel "A =
Christmas Carol" was:
(a) Bob =
Cratchit (b) Nicholas Nickleby (c) Paul Dombey (d) JACOB =
MARLEY
7. In North America, children put stockings out at =
Christmas time. Their Dutch counterparts use:
(a) Old hats (b) Beer mugs (c) SHOES (d) Stockings, =
just like everybody else!
8. The =
poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in which =
country?
(a) Canada (b) China (c) =
MEXICO (d) Spain
9. =
Which name does not belong to one of Santa’s reindeer?
(a) Comet (b) Prancer (c) Blitzen (d) =
KLINGON
10. In Syria, Christmas gifts are distributed =
by:
(a) The Three Kings (b) Tom =
O’Bedlam (c) ONE OF THE WISE MEN’S CAMELS (d) Father =
Christmas
11. One notable medieval English Christmas =
celebration featured:
(a) A GIANT =
165-POUND PIE (b) Snowball fights between rival courtiers (c) A swimming =
race across the English Channel (d) Huge crackers that sometimes =
exploded fatally.
12. In =
Australia, usual Boxing Day activities include:
(a) Building snowmen (b) Tobogganing (c) Wombat =
hunting (d) SURFING
13. In =
Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine =
of a goat. It is usually made of what material?
(a) Candy (b) STRAW (c) Fir (d) =
Fur
14. The real St. Nicholas lived:
(a) In Lebanon (b) On the island of Malta (c) IN =
TURKEY (d) In Holland
15. =
Which of the following was NOT one of the Three Kings?
(a) Gaspar (b) Balthazar (c) ARTABAN (d) =
Melchior
16. In Armenia, the traditional Christmas Eve meal =
consists of:
(a) FRIED FISH, =
LETTUCE & SPINACH (b) Square meat pies (c) Broiled partridges with =
gooseberry sauce (d) Turkey and plum pudding
17. In =
Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Nutcracker", the Nutcracker’s main =
enemy is:
(a) A girl called Clara =
(b) THE KING OF THE MICE (c) Dr. Almond (d) Drosselmeyer the =
magician
18. The day after Christmas, December 26, is known =
as Boxing Day. It is also the holy day of which saint?
(a) St. Eustace (b) St. Brigit (c) St. Nicholas (d) =
ST. STEPHEN
19. In =
Greek legend, malicious creatures called Kallikantzaroi sometimes play =
troublesome pranks at Christmas time. To get rid of them, you =
should:
(a) Placate them with =
gifts of rice pudding (b) BURN EITHER SALT OR AN OLD SHOE (c) Sing hymns =
in a loud voice (d) Throw your sandals at them
20. =
When visiting Finland, Santa leaves his sleigh behind and rides =
on:
(a) Rudolph the red-nosed =
reindeer (b) A giant ptarmigan (c) A GOAT NAMED UKKO (d) A flying =
carpet
21. A boar’s head is a traditional Christmas dish. =
According to a popular story, the unlucky boar whose head began the =
custom in the Middle Ages was killed by:
(a) CHOKING TO DEATH ON A BOOK OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY =
(b) King Wenceslas, who speared it from horseback (c) A falling fir tree =
(d) Remorse, after goring St. Nicholas
22. =
When distributing gifts in Holland, St. Nicholas is accompanied =
by:
(a) His wife Lucy (b) HIS =
SERVANT, BLACK PETER (c) Thirteen elves (d) St. Stephen
23. At =
Christmas, it is customary to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of which =
plant?
(a) Ivy (B) Yew (c) Holly =
(d) MISTLETOE
24. =
Believe it or not, one Indiana town is called:
(a) Christmasville (b) Wenceslas (c) Noel (d) SANTA =
CLAUS
25. Who was the author of "A Christmas =
Carol"?
(a) Mark Twain (b) =
CHARLES DICKENS (c) Hans Christian Andersen (d) Sir Walter =
Scott
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"