Merry Christmas and Happy New Year are the most typical Christmas and New Year greetings in English, but if you really want to wish an English-speaking loved one a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, perhaps you can go a little further and wish them better this holiday season with a few more words.
You do not know how? That is what we are here for, to give you some ideas of Christmas and New Year phrases in English with translation into Spanish. Let’s go there!
Phrases in English to congratulate Christmas and the New Year
The main thing is that you can congratulate these very special dates with a few more words than the classic ones that everyone knows. So we start with some ideas for Christmas and New Year greetings in English.
1I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Translation: I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
It is a classic that always looks good with visits
2You are special, you are unique. May your Christmas be also as special and unique as you are? Merry Christmas!
Translation: You are special, you are unique. I hope your Christmas is also special and unique as you are. Merry Christmas!
If you want to go one step further with different Christmas greeting, this is perfect!
3 A merry Christmas for everyone, a Happy New Year for the entire world!
Translation: Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year to the world!
This is a universal congratulation full of wishes for humanity.
4 May your presents be many and your troubles be few
Translation: many and your problems are few.
Sometimes Christmas and New Year greetings come loaded with blessings like this typical one in English.
5 May your world is filled with warmth and good cheer this Holy season, and throughout the year. Wish you Christmas be filled with peace and love
Translation: May your world be filled with warmth and good cheer this holy season, and throughout the year. I wish you a Christmas full of peace and love.
Beautiful Christmas greeting, perfect to write on a card or to send by text message
6 May your Christmas be wrapped in happiness and tied with love
Translation: May your Christmas be wrapped in happiness and laced with love.
This Christmas phrase in English has a double meaning as it uses the metaphor (wrapped and tied) to congratulate these very important holidays.
7 Merry Christmas, and may this New Year bring you joy and laughter. To be happy is the greatest wish in life
Translation: Merry Christmas, and may this New Year bring you joy and laughter. Being happy is the best wish in life.
A touching congratulations and full of good wishes. It’s beautiful, isn’t it?
8Wish you every happiness this Christmas and sincere good wishes for a Happy New Year
Translation: I wish you all the happiness this Christmas and sincere good wishes for a happy New Year.
A simple and correct New Year greeting that can be used to congratulate, for example, a co-worker.
9 May the timeless message of Christmas fill your heart and home with joy today and throughout the coming year? Merry Christmas!
Translation: May the timeless message of Christmas fill your heart and home with joy today and throughout the coming year. Merry Christmas!
If Christmas has a very special meaning for you, this is the perfect phrase in English to congratulate your loved ones.
10In this Christmas I hope all your dreams come true
Translation: This Christmas I hope all your dreams come true.
A short and concise phrase but perfect for transmitting good Christmas wishes.
Eleven May all your days be happy and bright and may all your Christmases be white
Translation: May all your days be merry and bright and all your Christmases white.
Some precious blessings in English that you would surely like to receive too.
12 Rejoice in the spirit of Christmas which is Peace, the miracle of Christmas which is Hope, and the heart of Christmas which is Love
Translation: Rejoice in the spirit of Christmas that is Peace, the miracle of Christmas that is Hope, and the heart of Christmas that is Love.
A phrase that inspires at the same time that it is very liked since it captures the true peace, hope and love.
13 Wishing you peace, joy, and all the best this wonderful holiday have to offer. May this incredible time of giving and spending time with family bring you joy that lasts throughout the year
Translation: I wish you peace, joy and all the best that this wonderful holiday has to offer. May this amazing time of giving and spending time with family bring you joy all year long?
A phrase full of good wishes for a very special loved one. Do you like it?
Famous quotes in English about the meaning of these dates
We continue deal with one of the most beautiful times of the year. Phrases that inspire about the true meaning of Christmas and the New Year, which you can send through social networks or put them in a beautiful greeting card to soak up the Christmas spirit in the Anglo-Saxon language.
14 The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things
Thomas S. Monson
Translation: The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love, generosity and kindness. Illuminate the showcase of the soul, we look towards the busy life of the world and we are more interested in people than in things.
Beautiful phrase about Christmas, right? It reflects what happens to most of us on these dates, we take a break from everyday life and focus on the people around us.
Fifteen I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year
Charles Dickens
Translation: I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year.
16 Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection
Winston Churchill
Translation: Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.
Churchill was absolutely right; a time to reflect on our life and the life we want to leave for future generations.
17 Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas
Dale Evans
Translation: Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.
This mythical phrase from the American writer is undoubtedly the best reflection of Christmas and the spirit of understanding, generosity and love that should last throughout the year.
Short ways to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in English
There are more ways to congratulate Christmas and the New Year in English than the classic Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. If you want to know them, keep reading.
- Happy Christmas: Merry Christmas.
- Happy Holidays: Happy Holidays.
- Holiday Greetings: Greetings on these holidays.
- Season’s Greetings: Translates the same as Happy Holidays and is used as congratulation in a more general way. It is typical to put it on greeting cards.
- Wishing you a prosperous New Year: Wishing you a prosperous New Year.
- All the best for the coming year: All the best
Christmas vocabulary in English translated into Spanish
The Christmas greetings in English that we have shown you can be very useful to send your best wishes, family member or foreign acquaintance that you have, however, if you want to have a good conversation in the Anglo-Saxon language with someone during these dates, it is It is recommended that you also learn a little vocabulary. Here is a list with the most used words and expressions. Aim!
- Snowman: snowman.
- Christmas tree
- Mistletoe: mistletoe.
- Wreath: garland.
- Christmas cards
- Reindeer: reindeer.
- Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
- elves: elves.
- Sleigh: sleigh.
- Star: star.
- Christmas Eve
- Advent calendar: advent calendar.
