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From: Richard Daly Reddick <>
Subject: [HANCE] Three Gaelic "Merry Christmas" greetings?
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 11:08:45 -0800

Eddie:

Your new Imac must be running smoothly? Sure, ask away, but post the
genealogy observation to the list.

I see three references to Merry Christmas in Gaelic: Irish, Scottish and
Gaelic on the largest list. Happy New Year is included on some.
Maybe someone else can differentiate the "why" of the third version?

No answer to the Y2k diddy and question, we'll know in two weeks.

Did not see a specific "Cherokee" greeting listed, but Navajo and Iroquois
were. Believe Cherokee considered in the Iroquois language group?

*Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German: Froehliche Weihnachten
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
*Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat
osrasay.
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
Navajo: Merry Keshmish
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
*Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh

Look for yourself at the URL we shared earlier:
<http://www.alaskalife.net/christmas/merryxmas.htm>;

Thanks for asking,
Richard

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