Wish DUers a Merry Christmas from a country of your ancestors or any country. You can use Google. Post the greeting and

[debm55]

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Then the country/region it is from. I will start. Try to keep to the left.

[debm55]

1. Buon Natale---Italy.

[ProfessorGAC]

84. That's Mine

75% Sicilian 25% Calabrese here.
I'll add buon anno!

[debm55]

85. Thank you ProfessorGAC.

[Freddie]

2. Nadelik Lowen - Cornwall

[debm55]

24. Thank you Freddie

[hlthe2b]

3. Nollaig Faoi Mhaise Duit -- Ireland (Merry Christmas to you)

and German: "Fröhliche Weihnachten" (there are many ways to say it, but I remember this one which translates to Joyful Christmas.

[debm55]

25. Thank you hlthe2b

[regnaD kciN]

4. С Рождеством - Russian

or З Калядамі - Belarus

(My father's side of the family emigrated from what appears to now be Belarus, but was part of Russia at the time. Of course, they were Jewish, but it seems too weird to post "Merry Christmas" in Yiddish.)

[debm55]

20. Same here but it was Ukranian on my mothers side. I just picked Italy because my husband family is Italian

[Thunderbeast]

73. I share your heritage.

Калядамі

My grandparents lived in a shtetl named Divin near Brest.

[debm55]

74. Thank you Thunderbeast, Mine great grandparents left because of pograms

[LuckyCharms]

5. Buon Natale, Deb.

[debm55]

26. And to you LuckyCharms.

[Glorfindel]

6. Merry Christmas from England.

God rest you merry, gentlemen.

[debm55]

27. Merry Christmas to you too, Glorfindel

[CanonRay]

7. Wesolych Swiat-Polish

[debm55]

28. Thank you, CanonRay.

[debm55]

8. Joyeux Noel----French

[Fla Dem]

9. nollaig shona -Ireland / Buon Natale---Italy

The most common phrase you will read or hear at Christmas in Ireland is "Nollaig Shona” - Happy Christmas or "Nollaig Shona Duit" - which means Happy Christmas to You if directed to just one other person.

[debm55]

31. Thank you very much, Fla Dem. I didn't know that was on YouTube. I am going to visit the site. Coffee Break Languages.

[KitFox]

10. Beannachtai na Nollag

Blessings of Christmas. Ireland

[debm55]

32. Thank you KitFox.

[justaprogressive]

11. Happy Christmas Everyone!

Scotland.



*reminder holly is poisonous to pets...

[Niagara]

15. Poinsettia's are poisonous to both dogs and cats as well.

[yellowdogintexas]

105. One year we were given poinsettia by my employer, and the cat ate the whole thing down to the dirt

It did not phase her one single bit.
She was rather ornery so I guess the plant did not dare make her sick.

That cat would sit on the foot of the bed and stare at the dog, who was in the hallway and wanted to come in the room He would not cross the threshold as long as she sat there and glared at him. He would just sit there and whimper.

[debm55]

109. Thank you yellowdogintexas. Your cat is very lucky.

[debm55]

33. Thank you justaprogressive.

[whathehell]

12. Sretan Bozic. "Happy Christmas". Croatia.

[debm55]

34. Thank you whatthehell.

[whathehell]

47. Nema na cemu, Deb!

or "You're welcome".

[debm55]

13. God Jul----Swedish

[Clouds Passing]

91. God Jul debm55, Sverige

[debm55]

92. Thank you, Clouds Passing.

[Walleye]

14. Glad Yule-Olde English

[debm55]

35. Thank you Walleye

[Stargleamer]

16. froehliche Weihnachten n/t

[debm55]

17. What country? Thanks

[Stargleamer]

18. Germany

and yours hail from Sweden--how nice!

[debm55]

36. Thank you very much Stargleamer.

[VGNonly]

19. Noflike Krystagen-West Frisian

My grandfather also spoke German. About 95% of my family was from Germany and Switzerland. Some Dutch and a bit of English/Scottish.

[debm55]

37. Thank you very much VGNonly.

[Aristus]

21. Nadolig Llawen - Wales.

My ancestry is a mixed bag. English, Irish, Scottish, and French. But most of it is Welsh. My Welsh ancestors hail from the Gwynne family.

[debm55]

38. Thank you very much, Aristus. Have you ever visited?

[Aristus]

44. Yes. About thirty years ago.

What a paralyzingly beautiful country.

It has everything I’ve ever dreamed of in a home. Lush green landscapes, entrancing mists, frequent rain, and friendly people who are proud of their often off-putting environment.

I have all of that in Washington State. But I would have it squared in Wales. Maybe I’ll retire there.

[debm55]

45. Thank you , It does sound lovely.

[Aristus]

46. Treat yourself, and go for a visit someday.

n/t

[CTyankee]

69. My maiden name is Williams. Somehow got fom Wales to Oklahoma where daddy was born but he migrated to Texas.

His dad was a strict Baptist preacher and daddy didn't want to be baptized (dunked) at age 14 so he had to leave home when he graduated from high school. He came to Dallas where he met my mother and where I was born.

[debm55]

70. Thank you CTyankee

[Aristus]

75. My Dad was from Oklahoma.

But he was the non-Welsh side of my family.

[Wicked Blue]

22. Roomsaid Joulupyhi

Estonia

Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi

There's supposed to be a tilde over the o's

[debm55]

23. Thank you

[debm55]

39. Thank you Wicked Blue.

[Clouds Passing]

93. Roomsaid Joulupyhi Wicked Blue

From a fellow Estonian (& Swede)

[Wicked Blue]

94. Tere!

Ma elan Lakewoodi Eesti Maja ligidal. Kust olete pa"rit?

[Clouds Passing]

96. Tere!

Ma elan New Mexicos. Ühel aastal mängisin oma kirikus Santa Lucia't. Minu vanaema kolis Eestist Sedenisse

I used a translator.

[Wicked Blue]

97. Do you speak any Estonian? I didn't start learning English until kindergarten

although I was born in the U.S. My parents spoke English, but figured I'd pick it up fast in school.
Years of Estonian Saturday school and camp kept me fairly fluent in Estonian.
Lakewood is in NJ, btw.

[Clouds Passing]

98. No. No Swedish either. Lakewood Estonian House looks wonderful. I would have immersed myself in it

as a child.

[Deuxcents]

29. Joyeux Noel 🎄 French

[debm55]

40. Thank you very much Deuxcents.

[Polly Hennessey]

30. British Christmas

Cristes mæsse
The noun Christmas, deriving from the Old English Cristes mæsse (the mass or festival of Christ), took hold only in the early twelfth century.

Otherwise, Happy 🎄 Christmas 🎄

[debm55]

41. And a Happy Christmas to you , Polly Hennessey.

[Deuxcents]

42. This has been fun! Love to see the diversity here..one big melting pot, as it should be 💙

[debm55]

43. Thank you Deuxcents.I agree

[OldBaldy1701E]

48. Joyeux Noel! and Nollaig Shona!

French and Irish.

[debm55]

50. Thank you OldBaldy1701E

[wnylib]

49. Frohe Weinachten -- Deutschland (Germany)

Frohi Wienachte -- Berndeutsch (Bern Swiss German)

Happy Christmas -- England

[debm55]

51. Thank you wnylib.

[wnylib]

58. My mother's family was German on both sides.

My father's family had German Swiss from Bern on one side and English on the other. But those English ancestors were Puritans who did not celebrate Christmas because they thought it had too many Pagan customs.

Funny, true story about a German Swiss ancestor named Gottlieb Herd. My aunt could not find him at first in census records when doing a genealogy search, because the census taker did not understand his accent. When she found him, he was listed as Cutlip Hurt, from Bear, Germany.

I guess your lip would hurt if it was cut by a German bear.

BTW, there is no Bear, Germany. But Bern in German sounds like bear with an "n" at the end. Great grandpa apparently said he was German from Bern.

[yellowdogintexas]

104. My only non British ancestors were from Bern also. The oldest date is late 1600s nt

[wnylib]

106. Mine came to the US in the mid 1800s.

I haven't traced them farther back than that.

But I did look up more info on the German Swiss. They have a different dialect than German in Austria or Germany. The dialect in Bern (both the city and their equivalent of the county by the same name) is different from the rest of Swiss German speakers. Bern Swiss even has its own name, Bernese. I guess being separated by mountains creates a variety of speaking patterns.

[Mad_Dem_X]

52. God Jul - Norway

[debm55]

54. Thank you very much Mad_Dem_X

[Diamond_Dog]

53. I have two greetings

Wesołych Świąt - Polish

Frohe Weihnachten - German

[debm55]

59. Thank you Diamond_Dog.

[MiHale]

55. linksmų Kalėdų....Lithuanian...Wesołych Świąt...Polish...

50/50 blend.

[debm55]

61. Thank you MiHale.

[greatauntoftriplets]

56. Schi Chrschtdeeg -- Luxembourgish

Joyeux Noel -- French
Nollaig Shona duit -- Irish

[debm55]

62. Thank you very much greatauntoftriplets

[catbyte]

57. Minobii Niibaa Anama'e Giizhiigad! (Ojibwe, always from here)

Joyeux Noël (France)
Nollaig Shona (Ireland)

I'm a mutt.

[debm55]

63. Thank you very much, catbyte.

[LakeArenal]

60. 🍀 🇮🇪 🎄From Ireland through Prince Edward Island Canada

Nollaig Shona

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[debm55]

64. Thank you LakeArenal. That is beautiful.

[debm55]

65. lloiasta joulua _____Finnish for Rich.

[endless summer]

66. Nollaig Chridheil -Scotland

from my other ancestors, Merikurisumasu, Japan, and Merry Christmas, England

[debm55]

67. Thank you very much endless summer.

[debm55]

68. Sobas Gilocavt----Georgian and z Rizdvom---Urkanian Me

[sarge43]

71. Frohe Weihnachten. German

From all my British ancestors:

Nollaig Shona Dhuit: Irish
Nollaig Chridheil: Scot Gaelic
Nadlig Llawen: Welsh
Merry Christmas, debm53

[debm55]

72. Thank you sarge43 and Merry Christmas to you too.

[livetohike]

76. Vesele Vianoce - Slovakia

🎄🎅🏻

[debm55]

78. Thank you very much livetlohike,

[ReRe]

77. Merry Christmas!

England. Actually British Isles (England, Scotland & Ireland), but I don't know the Irish or Scottish greetings.
Oh heck, also German and French, and don't know those either. Have studied "me" way back.

[debm55]

79. Thank you very much, ReRe, If you check through the post I think posters already posted them.

Merry Christmas.

[Different Drummer]

80. Nollaig Chridheil--Scots Gaelic.

Nollaig Shona Dhuit--Irish

[debm55]

81. Thank you very much Different Drummer.

[NNadir]

82. Boldog karcsonyt, although I have denied as much.

My father made this claim about his grandfather. I have refused to believe it as I'm no Martian.

[debm55]

83. Thank you NNadir. Hungarian Martians?

[Deep State Witch]

86. Sretan Boić - Croatia

I'm Croatian on my mother's side and German on my father's.

[debm55]

88. Thank you Deep State Witch.

[snacker]

87. djoyeus Noye

Belgium in the Walloon region

[debm55]

89. thank you very much snacker.

[debm55]

90. Wesolych Swiat-----Polish

[debm55]

95. Meri Kurisumassu ----Japan

[electric_blue68]

99. "Kala Cristouyenna" Merry Christmas in Greek

[debm55]

100. thank you. electric_blue68

[debm55]

101. Kick

[debm55]

102. Jwaye Nowel,,,,,,,,Haitian Creole

[yellowdogintexas]

103. I have one line of ancestry that is traced back to Switzerland in the 1600s.

Everything else seems to be British Isles in one form or another.
So I looked up for Switzerland:

There are different ways to say "Merry Christmas" in Switzerland, depending on the official language spoken in that region:

Swiss German: Schöni Wiehnachte or Fröhliche Weihnachten (this is probably the correct one since my Swiss ancestors were from the Bern area)
French: Joyeux Noël
Italian: Buon Natale
Romansh: Bellas festas da Nadal

Happy ChrismaHannaKwanzica to all!

[debm55]

108. Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas.

[LeftInTX]

107. Քրիստոս Ծնաւ եւ Յայտնեցաւ Krisdos dznav yev haydnetsav - Armenian

[debm55]

110. Thank you very much LeftinTX