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[debm55]

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Ukrainian----- Z Rizdvom to DUers. Love, deb.

[True Dough]

1. ...

Close enough!

[debm55]

2. Thank you. Bark , Bark to you and yours .

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[biophile]

3. We celebrate the return of the sun!

Not Christian, but pagan, and since Christianity usurped the solstice celebration, they rejoice at the birth of their savior and my ancestors would have danced to see the return of the light.

[debm55]

6. Thank you.

[FalloutShelter]

4. In Dutch

Vrolijk Kerstfeest

[debm55]

7. Thank you very much, FalloutShelter and Vrolijk Kerstreest to you and yours.

[anciano]

5. Feliz Navidad

[debm55]

8. Thank you anciano, Feliz Navidad to you and yours.

[GP6971]

9. keuriseumaseu jal bonaeseyo - Standard Korean

[debm55]

10. Thank you very much , GP6971 keuriseumaseu jal bonaeseyo to you and yours.

[Desert grandma]

11. In German and Spanish

Froeliche Weihnachten my mother's native language
Feliz Navidad my dad's native language

May all DU friends enjoy the happiest of holidays!

[debm55]

12. Thank you very much, Desert grandma. Froeliche Weihnachten and Feliz Navidad to you and yours.

[Ocelot II]

13. God Jul.

[debm55]

16. Thank you very much, Ocelot II and God Jul to you and yours.

[Diamond_Dog]

14. Wesołych Świąt - Polish; Frohe Weihnachten - German

[debm55]

17. Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog and Wesolych Swiat and Frohe Weihnachten to you and yours

[Diamond_Dog]

26. Z Rizdvom to you too Deb!

[debm55]

31. Thank you Diamond_Dog.

[LuckyCharms]

15. Buon Natale!

[debm55]

19. Thank you very much, LuckyCharms. Buon Natale to you and yours.

[LuckyCharms]

20. Buon anno!

Happy New year, Deb!

[debm55]

32. You too, Lucky charms.

[ProfessorGAC]

65. Parli Italiano?

Posso parlare italiano un poco.
I'm not fluent, but I can communicate. In my 40 something visits to Italy, I didn't have to dine where the tourists went. I could do ok at a joint where nobody spoke English.

[LuckyCharms]

66. A malapena, professore.

My long deceased parents would speak it, so I know a little. But it's difficult for me to communicate effectively.

I envy you in your numerous visits to Italy! Here is where my family is from...

https://www.italia.it/en/basilicata/rionero-in-vulture

I wish you many blessings this Christmas! Molte benedizioni! (I think I spelled that right!)

[ProfessorGAC]

70. Pretty Area

My dad's side was from Mortelle, Sicily (north of Messina).
My other side came from around Reggio di Calabria. The tip of the toe, so only a few miles to Sicily from there. Village called Paneteria (they obviously baked bread there).
I've never been south of Naples. Really Sorrento, where I went to eat. That's just around the bay at Naples.
My trips were all for work & I spent most of my time in a town a bit under halfway from Florence to Rome. Or in Milan where we had a reactor design & fabrication company we worked with.a lot.
I took days off just to drive and see things, probably half the time.
The site was sizeable but not huge, but a unique set of circumstances required more attention, including things that were barely tangential to my job.
It's the country I've been to most times, though England, Canada & Brazil are way up there too.
My dad was a medical corps interpreter the Army during the postwar occupation/rebuilding of Italy. He was stationed in Naples & got on a train to Reggio on his leaves.
He was fluent. He didn't translate; he thought in both languages. I can't do that except for a handful of common words & phrases.
I did enjoy my visits there.

[debm55]

71. I don't go into others conversations. I had to post that town is absolutely beautiful. Thank you LuckyCharms.for posting

[LA Blue Bengal]

18. Here it is

in my four ancestral languages:

"Nittak Hullo Chito Na Yukpa!" - Choctaw (our original language was related)
“Joyeux Noël!” - French/Cajun French
“Bon Natali” - Sicilian Italian
“Nollaig Chridheil” - Scots Gaelic

[debm55]

21. Thank you very much, LA Blue Bengal. And Nittak Hullo Chito Na Yukpa, Joyeux Noel, Bon Natali and Nollaig Chridheil to

you and yours,

[skylucy]

22. Feliz Navidad from the country of Spain!

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[debm55]

23. Thank you very much, skylucy. Felix Navidad to you and yours.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

24. Scots Gaelic

Nollaig shona (happy christmas), Yule sona (happy Yule), or Jul toilichte (my family came from the Highlands and Islands—Orkney)--so there’s a lot of Norse mixed in).

[debm55]

29. Thank you very much, buzzycrumbhunger and a Nollaig shoa, Yule sona and Jul toilichte to you and yours.

[northoftheborder]

36. Irish gaelic

nollaig shona

[debm55]

38. Thank you very much, northoftheborder. nollaig shona to you and yours.

[Harker]

25. Nollaig shona!

[Lifeafter70]

30. Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoivh

[debm55]

34. Thank you very much Lifeafter70 and a Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoivh. to you and yours

[Harker]

39. Agus sibh!

[debm55]

41. Agus sibh to you too, Harker,

[debm55]

33. Thank you very much, Harker, Nollaig shona to you and yours.

[Native]

45. Ditto

[debm55]

50. Thank you Native.

[Aristus]

27. Nadolig Llawen- Merry Christmas in Welsh.

[debm55]

35. Thank you very much, Aristus and a Nadolig Llawen to you and yours

[whathehell]

28. Croatian

Sretan Bozic I Stretna Nova Godiva

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year.

[debm55]

37. Thank you whatthehell and a Sretan Bozic and Stretna Nova Godiva to you and yours.

[sakabatou]

40. Linksmų Kalėdų

From Lithuania. I only know my paternal side, and that's where my grandparents and great-grandparents come from.

[debm55]

42. Thank you very much, sakabatou. And a Linksmu Kaledu to you and yours.

[Thunderbeast]

43. Yiddish?

לעבעדיק ניטל
lebedik nitl

[debm55]

44. thank you, but having my grandparents speak yiddish and as coming from a Jewish family. I don't think so.

[gopiscrap]

46. Latin

Felicum Natalem Christi
this was the language of the denomination I attended for the first 9 years of my life
(My congregation was slow to implement the reforms of Vatican II such as the language of the Mass being in the vernacular)

The vernacular (or language of the people) for me was
Frohe Weinachten (German)

[debm55]

51. Thank you very much , gopiscrap, And Frohe Weinachten to you and yours.

[Dulcinea]

47. Polish

Wesołych Świąt to all who celebrate.

[debm55]

53. Thank you very much, Dulcinea. And a Wesolych Swiat to you and yours.

[Loisita123]

48. Cornish

Nadelik lowen!

[debm55]

56. Thank you very much, Loisita123. And a Nadelik lowen to you and yours.

[Loisita123]

49. Scouse

Merry KBOW, mate!

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much, Loisita123. And a Merry KBOW to you and yours.

[Lonestarblue]

52. Nollaig Shona! Irish Gaelic.

[debm55]

58. Thank you very much, Lonestarblue. And Nollaid Shona to you and yours.

[Playingmantis]

54. gldelig jul

Can you guess the language?

[debm55]

59. Thank you, Playingmantis. I think it is a Scandinavian country. But don;t know which one. Gldelig jul to you and yours.

[Playingmantis]

64. yes you are right,,,Denmark

[debm55]

67. Thank you very much, Playingmantis

[CanonRay]

55. Buon natale!

[debm55]

61. Thank you CanonRay. Buon natale to you and yours.

[Emile]

60. Vrolijk Kerstfeest

Flemish for Joyful Christmas.

[debm55]

62. Thank you very much, Emile and have a Vrolijk Kerstfeest to you and yours.

[debm55]

63. Slovak---Vessele Vianoce.

[TBF]

68. Frohe Weihnachten & Merry Christmas

I had 12 areas from my dna results - german and english were prevalent

[debm55]

69. Thank you very much, TBF and Frohe Weihnachten to you and yours.

[debm55]

72. Merry Christmas-- USA

[Mad_Dem_X]

73. Norwegian - god jul

[debm55]

74. Thank you very much, Mad_Dem_X and a very god jul to you and yours.