Here are ways to say "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" in many languages. I apologize for any errors. Sometimes these things slip by me!

Thanks to Alvin Ow for the Malaysian language.

Afrikaans - Geseënde Kersfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar, Afrikander - Een Plesierige Kerfees

Arabic - I'd miilad said oua sana saida

Argentine - Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo

Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand

Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun

Basque - Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On

Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce

Brazilian - Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo

Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat

Bulgarian - Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo; Vesela Koleda i chestita nova godina!

Catalan - Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!

Chinese - (Mandarin) Sung dan kuai luer, sin near-an kuai luer

Chinese - (Cantonese) Sing dan fiy loc, sun kneen fiy loc

Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth

Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi

Croatian - Sretan Bozic

Czech - Stastne a vesele vanoce a stastny novy rok!; Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok

Danish - Glaedelig Jul og godt nytar

Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar

English - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Eskimo - (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!

Esperanto - Felican Kristnaskon kaj Bonan Novjaron!

Estonian - Haeid joulupuehi ja head uut aastat!

Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad

Faeroese - Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!

Filipinos - Maligayang Pasko

Finnish - Hauskaa Joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!

Flemish - Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar

French - Joyeux Noel et Bonne Annee!

Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!

Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!

Galician - Bo Nadal

German - Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!

Greek - Kala Christougenna kai evtichismenos o kainourios chronos!

Hausa - Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!

Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!

Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova

Hindi - Shub Naya Baras

Hungarian - Kellemes karacsonyi uennepeket es boldog ujevet!

Icelandic - Gledhileg jól og farsælt komandi ar!

Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal dan Selamat Tahun Baru!

Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah

Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit

Irish - Nollig Shona

Irish - Nollaig faoi shean agus faoi shonas duit agus bliain nua faoi mhaise dhuit!

Italian - Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!; Buone Feste Natalizie

Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto

Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha; Sae-hae-e bok manhi paduseyo

Latin - Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!

Latvian - Priecigus Ziemsvetkus un Laimigu Jaungadu!

Lettish - Priecigus Ziemassvetkus

Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu

Malaysian - Selamat Hari Natal

Maltese - Nixtieklek Milied tajjeb u is-sena t-tabja!

Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa

Maori - Meri Kirihimete

Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh

Navajo - Merry Keshmish

Norwegian - God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar

Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!

Polish - Vesowe Boze Narodzenie; Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia; Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku!

Portuguese - Boas Festas; Feliz Natal e um Prospero Ano Novo

Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua

Rumanian - Sarbatori vesele; Sarbatori fericite si un an nou fericit!

Russian - S nastupaiushchim Novym godom i s Rozhdestvom Khristovym!; Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom

Romanche - (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!

Serbian - Hristos se rodi

Slovakian - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce

Sami - Buorrit Juovllat

Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou

Scottish - Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur

Serb-Croatian - Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina

Singhalese - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa

Slovak - Vesele Vianoce i na zdravie v novom roku!

Serbo-croat - Srecan Bozic i Srecnu novu godinu!

Slovene - Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto

Spanish - Feliz Navidad y Prospero ano nuevo!

Swedish - God Jul Och Ett Gott Nytt Ar

Tagalog - Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon

Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal

Thai - Sawadee Pee Mai

Trukeese - (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!

Turkish - Noeliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yilinis kutlu olsun!; Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun

Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym

Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho

Vietnamese - Chuc mung nam moi va Giang Sing vui ve

Welsh - Nadolig Llawen; Nadolig da a blwydd newydd ddewydd!

Yoruba - E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

Yugoslavian - Cestitamo Bozic

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