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December 25, 2004
Bill Cara's Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Greetings
In a world that has become so political, and so politically divisive, is it not a great irony that others -- including so many dysfunctional people themselves -- have to tell us how to act, such as "How to say 'Merry Christmas' without offending ANYONE." The earlytorise.com web site sent along this tongue-in-cheek note this morning, Christmas Day 2004.

As for me, I'll just say it my way:
May peace, joy, prosperity and love be yours today and throughout the New Year.
Beannachtai na Nollag agus na hAthbhliana (Gaelic)
Boas Festas E Feliz Ano Novo (Or) Feliz Natal E Um Prospero Ano Novo. (Portuguese)
Boldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket (Hungarian)
Buone Feste Natalizie Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo (Italian)
Cestitamo Bozic (Yugoslavian)
Chung Mung Giang Sinh (Vietnamese)
Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo (Argentine)
Feliz Navidad y prospero Ano Nuevo (Spanish)
Frohliche Weihnachten und ein Glueckliches Neues Jahr (German)
Gajan Kristnaskon (Esperanto)
Gezuar Krishtlindjet! (Albanian)
Glædelig Jul Gledlig jol og Nyar (Icelandic, Danish)
God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ã…r (Swedish)
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun (Catonese)
Happy Hanukkah (Hanukkah/Channukah)
Harambee (A Kwanzaa Greeting "Let's all pull together")
Hauskaa Joulua (Finnish)
Hristos se rodi (Serbian)
Hyvaa Joulua (Finnish)
Hyvää Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta! (or God Jul och) (Finnish)
I'D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA (Arabic)
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah (Iraqi)
Il - Milied Ferriehi, u is - Sena it - Tajba. (Malta)
Joyeux Noel et heureuse année (French)
Kala Christouyenna! Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos (Greek)
Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket (Hungarian)
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Mandarin)
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou (Samoan)
Linksmu sventu Kaledu (and) Laimingu Naauju Metu (Lithuanian)
Maligayang Pasko (Filipino - Tagalog)
Maligayang Pasko At Manigong Bagon Taon (Philippines)
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua (Rapa-Nui - Easter Island)
Mele Kalikimake me ka Hauloi Makahiki hou (Hawaiian)
Merry Christmas (English)
Mitho Makosi Kesikansi (Cree)
Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova (Hebrew)
Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth (Cornish)
Nadolic Llawen. Blwyddn Newdd Dda (Welsh)
Nathaal Vaalthukal (Tamil)
Nolag mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fe Mhaise (Gaelic - Irish)
Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur (Gaelic - Scot)
Nathaal Vaalthukal (Tamil)
Naya Saal Mubarak (Urdu and Hindi)
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun (Turkish)
Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur! (Scottish Gaelic)
Nollaig chridheil huibh (Scots Gaelic)
Nollaig Shona Dhuit (Irish)
Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut.Ojenyunyat osrasay (Iroquois)
Ollick Ghennal Erriu as Blein Feer Die. Seihil as Slaynt Da'n Slane Loght Thie (Manx)
Pozdravlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom (Russian)
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok (Czech)
Roomsaid Joulupuhi Roomsaid Joulu Phui ja Uut Aastat (Estonian)
Sarbatori vesele Sarbatori Fericite. La Multi Ani (Rumanian)
Sawadee Pee Mai (Thai)
Seasons Greetings (English)
Selamat Tahun Baru, dan, Selamat Hari Krismas (Malaysia - Bahasa Malayu)
Shana Tova (Hebrew)
Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand (Armenian)
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto (Japanese)
Shub Naya Baras (Hindi)
Shubha Naba Barsha (Bangla)
Solstice Blessings (Pagan, Wicca)
Sretan Bozic Vesela Nova Godina (Croatian)
Srozhdestvom Kristovym (Ukrainian)
Sung Tan Chuk Ha (Korean)
ubha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa (Singhalese - Ceylon/Sri Lanka)
Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo (Bulgarian)
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun (Azeri - Azerbaijan)
Vitaiu iz svyatom Rizdva ta Novim Rokom (Ukrainian)
Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto (Slovene)
Veseleh Sviat i scaslivoho Novoho Roku (Ukrainian)
Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok (Slovak)
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Zalig Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieukjaar (Dutch)
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia (Polish)
Yeni Yilnizi Kutar, saadetler dilerim (Turkish)
Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! (Basque)
Posted by Posted by Bill Cara on December 25, 2004 11:48:54 AM | Category: Cara re: Cara