圣诞快乐! Merry Christmas!  shèng dàn kuài lè

Of all the Western holidays, Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are the most readily adopted by the Chinese people. Christmas for the Chinese, especially the urban youth, is a great time for fun. Unlike during Chinese New Year, they don’t have to travel back to their parents’ home, and don’t have to worry about high expectations from family members. All consumer businesses in the big cities, from shopping malls to food stands, Western-style or deeply Chinese, decorate themselves in Christmas fashion. Christmas songs are sung in Chinese, but the joy they bring is universal. For example, the famous Christmas song Jingle Bells has two Chinese versions. One is a more faithful translation of the ‘sleighing song’, and the other, beautifully entitled Finding Plum Blossom in Snow, talks about book, music, and a donkey!

SAY Season’s Greetings in Chinese

圣诞快乐，新年好！
shèng dàn kuài lè, xīn nián hǎo
A Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

圣诞快乐，恭贺新禧！
shèng dàn kuài lè, gōng hè xīn xǐ
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

献上最诚挚的节日祝福。
xiàn shàng zuì chéng zhì de jié rì zhù fú
Best wishes on this holiday season.

在圣诞和新年来临之际，祝福你平安、快乐、幸福！
zài shèng dàn hé xīn nián lái lín zhī jì, zhù fú nǐ píng ān, kuài lè, xìng fú
Wishing you peace, joy and happiness through Christmas and the coming year.

美丽的圣诞节之际，谨致我的思念与祝福。
měi lì de shèng dàn jié zhī jì, jǐn zhì wǒ de sī niàn yǔ zhù fú
Thinking of you and wishing you a beautiful Christmas season.