A Happy and Merry Christmas to all WUWT readers from Josh and Anthony. It has been a fun year in the climate debate and while many who are close to me know that 2015 has been a year of great personal cost, I hope 2016 will prove to be a year of renewal and growth. For all of our readers around the world, Josh provides this cartoon:
For those few readers that prefer to wage a war of vitriol and hate in your comments here and elsewhere, or by your deeds (and you know who you are), in case you missed it, this post pretty well sums up how I and many climate skeptics deal with such things. Merry Christmas to you too.
Along those lines, the Josh-WUWT calendars are still available for a short time, you can use them to spread the climate skeptic message through humor, rather than hate.
Finally, my sincere personal thanks to everyone who has helped me through this very difficult year, be it by notes of encouragement, helping moderate the site, offering guest posts, or financial help such as getting me to AGU15 so that we could get valuable feedback on our publication, you have my sincerest and most heartfelt thanks. We have a community here that spans the globe, and that community has strength in numbers and in deeds.
Merry Christmas (or as you may say it in your country, see below) to all, and to all, keep up the good fight! – Anthony Watts
| LANGUAGE | TRANSLATION |
| AFRIKAANS | geseënde Kersfees |
| ALBANIAN | gëzuar Krishtlindja |
| ALSATIAN | gleckika Wïanachta |
| AMHARIC | መልካም የገና (melkam’ yeghena) / የልደት በዓል (yel’det’ be’al) |
| ARABIC | ميلاد مجيد (miilaad majiid) |
| ARMENIAN | Shnorhavor Surb tsnund |
| AZERI | Noel bayraminiz mubarak |
| BAKONGO | Nowélé ya mboté |
| BASQUE | Eguberri on |
| BELARUSIAN | З Божым нараджэннем (Z Bozym naradzenniem) |
| BENGALI | subho baradin |
| BOSNIAN | sretan Božić |
| BRETON | Nedeleg laouen |
| BULGARIAN | весела коледа (vesela koleda) |
| BURMESE | Christmas nay hma mue pyaw pa |
| CATALAN | bon Nadal |
| CH’TI | joïeux Noé |
| CHEROKEE | ulihelisdi danisdayohihvi |
| CHINESE | 圣诞快乐 (shèng dàn kuài lè) |
| CORNISH | Nadelek lowen |
| CORSICAN | bon Natale |
| CROATIAN | sretan Božić |
| CZECH | veselé Vánoce |
| DANISH | glædelig jul |
| DHOLUO | bedgi sikuku maber |
| DUTCH | vrolijk Kerstfeest |
| ENGLISH | Merry Christmas |
| ESPERANTO | gojan Kristnaskon |
| ESTONIAN | häid jõule |
| FAROESE | gleðilig jól |
| FILIPINO | Maligayang Pasko |
| FINNISH | hyvää joulua |
| FRENCH | joyeux Noël |
| FRISIAN | noflike Krystdagen |
| FRIULAN | bon nadâl |
| GALICIAN | bo Nadal |
| GEORGIAN | gilocav shoba axal wels |
| GERMAN | Frohe Weihnachten |
| GREEK | καλά Χριστούγεννα (kala khristougenna / kala xristougenna) |
| HAITIAN CREOLE | jwaye Nowel |
| HAWAIIAN | mele Kalikimaka |
| HEBREW | חג מולד שמח (hag molad saméa’h) |
| HINDI | Krismas ki subhkamna |
| HUNGARIAN | boldog karácsonyt |
| ICELANDIC | gleðileg jól |
| IGBO | annuri Ekeresimesi |
| ILOCANO | naragsak a paskua |
| INDONESIAN | selamat Natal |
| IRISH GAELIC | Nollaig shona |
| ITALIAN | buon Natale |
| JAVANESE | sugeng Natal |
| JAPANESE | merii kurisumasu |
| KABYLIAN | tameghra tameggazt |
| KHMER | រីករាយបុណ្យណូអ៊ែល (rik reay bon Noel) |
| KINYARWANDA | Noheli nziza |
| KIRUNDI | Noheli nziza |
| KOREAN | 메리크리스마스 |
| KURDISH | Noela we pîroz be |
| LAO | souksan van Christmas |
| LATIN | felix dies Nativitatis (literal translation) / felicem diem Nativitatis (spoken) |
| LATVIAN | priecīgus Ziemassvētkus |
| LIANGMAI | mathabou Christmas |
| LIGURIAN | bón dênâ / bón natâle |
| LINGALA | eyenga elamu ya mbotama ya Yezu |
| LITHUANIAN | su Kalėdomis / linksmų Kalėdų |
| LOW SAXON | vrolik Kersfees |
| LUGANDA | mbagaliza amazalibwa a’malungi |
| LUGOSA | mbendheza amaisuka agobhusa |
| LUXEMBOURGEOIS | schéi Chrëschtdeeg |
| MACEDONIAN | среќен Божиќ (srećen Božić, formal) / Христос се роди (Hristos se rodi, informal) / Навистина се роди (Navistina se rodi, as a reply to the informal greeting) |
| MALAGASY | tratry ny Krismasy / arahabaina tratry ny Krismasy / arahaba tratry ny Krismasy |
| MALAY | selamat hari natal |
| MALAYALAM | Christmas ashamshagal |
| MALTESE | il-milied it-tajjeb / milied hieni |
| MANX | Nollick ghennal |
| MAORI | meri Kirihimete |
| MIZO | Krismas chibai |
| MONÉGASQUE | bon Natale |
| MONGOLIAN | zul sariin bayariin mend hurgie |
| NORMAN | jostous Noué |
| NORMAN (JÈRRIAIS) | bouan Noué |
| NORWEGIAN | god jul |
| OCCITAN | bon Nadal |
| OROMO | baga ayyaana dhaloota Kiristoos isin ga’e |
| PAPIAMENTU | bon pasku |
| PERSIAN | کریسمس مبارک (Christmas mobaarak) |
| POLISH | wesołych świąt bożego Narodzenia |
| PORTUGUESE | feliz Natal |
| ROMANI | baxtalo Krečuno |
| ROMANIAN | un Crăciun fericit |
| RUKIGA | Noheiri nungi / webale Noheiri |
| RUSSIAN | с Рождеством Христовым (S rozhdestvom Khristovym) |
| SAMOAN | ia manuia le Kerisimasi |
| SARDINIAN | bona Pasca de Nadale (logudorese) / bona paschixedda (campidanese) |
| SCOTTISH GAELIC | Nollaig chridheil |
| SERBIAN | Христос се роди (Hristos se rodi) |
| SHONA | Krisimas yakanaka |
| SILESIAN | Radosnych godów |
| SINDHI | Chrismas joon wadhayoon |
| SINHALESE | suba nattalak wewa |
| SIOUX LAKOTA | wanikiya Tonpi ampetu kin washte kte ni / wanikiya Tonpi (ampetu) wowiyushkin |
| SLOVAK | vesele vianoce |
| SLOVENIAN | vesel božič / vesele božične praznike |
| SOBOTA | dobro dedek |
| SPANISH | feliz Navidad |
| SRANAN | switi Krisneti |
| SWAHILI | heri la Krismasi |
| SWEDISH | God Jul |
| TAGALOG | Maligayang Pasko |
| TAHITIAN | ‘ia ‘oa’oa e teie Noera |
| TAMAZIGHT | asgwass amaynou |
| TAMIL | கிறிஸ்மஸ் தின நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள் (Krismas dina nal vaagethoukkal) |
| TELUGU | Krismas shubhakankshalu |
| THAI | สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส (souksaan wan Christmas) |
| TONGAN | mele Kilisimasi |
| TSWANA (SETSWANA) | Keresemose sentle |
| TURKISH | Noeliniz kutlu olsun |
| UDMURT | Shuldyr Ymuśton |
| UKRAINIAN | З Різдвом Христовим (Z Rizdvom Khrystovym) / Щасливого Різдва Христового (ʃtʃaslyvogo rizdva Hrystovogo) |
| VIETNAMESE | Mừng Chúa Giáng Sinh |
| WALOON (“betchfessîs” spelling) | djoyeus Noyé |
| WELSH | Nadolig llawen |
| WEST INDIAN CREOLE | jénwèl |
| YIDDISH | אַ גוטע ניטל (a gute nitl) |
| YORUBA | e kun odun Keresimesi |
| ZULU | UKhisimusi omuhle |
Source: http://www.freelang.net/expressions/christmas.php
This song, one of my favorites, seems appropriate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TwT69i1lU
Addendum: My good friend John Coleman sends this message along via Facebook, I thought it well worth passing on…
Discover more from Watts Up With That?
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
All te very best to all,
Anthony a very special thank you
well…….Merry Christmas to all these people in Calif.
Big green catastrophe…..and not on the news
December 23, 2015
Unstoppable California Gas Leak Being Called Worst Catastrophe Since BP Spill
(ANTIMEDIA) Porter Ranch, CA — Methane gas continues spewing, unchecked, into the air over southern California from a fractured well to an underground storage site — at such an alarming rate that low-flying planes have necessarily been diverted by the FAA, lest internal combustion engines meet highly volatile gas and, well, blow the entire area to hell.
This is, indeed, the biggest environmental catastrophe since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010; and for now, there is no way to stop it.
This methane disaster is worse than can be sufficiently described in words, because while it’s estimated well over 100,000 pounds of methane spew into the atmosphere every hour, the leak can’t be halted, at least until spring. Even then, that stoppage depends entirely on the efficacy of a proposed fix — which remains a dubiously open question.
http://theantimedia.org/unstoppable-california-gas-leak-being-called-worst-catastrophe-since-bp-spill/
If the escaping methane is rapidly purged from the atmosphere and/or its effects on the climate are small, that should diminish the threat from warming permafrost.
Merry Christmas or God Jul from Sweden to Anthony and all of his readers !
To one and all: merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Thanks so much for all your efforts, Anthony and family.
Enough, you can’t force feed this wonderful spirit.
Why are bassists ALWAYS in the background?
Because that is where the booze is. 🙂
That cracked me up! I could never find it…
Here ya go, Patrick! A little Christmas present for a caring dad and BASSIST. If the bass player wasn’t standing out in front for this one… he should have been.
“Theme from Barney Miller” (bass guitar: Chuck Berghofer)
(youtube)
And it’s all bass all the time with:
Victor Wooten and Federico Malaman
(youtube)
Praying for you. Easy to remember – I’m in the same boat with you!
2016 is going to be a GOOD year for us!
#(:))
Take care,
Janice
[The mods wonder if Janice will tire of fishing for deep compliments about her Goodyear of BASSIST handouts. .mod]
Oh, dear, Mods,
I, oh, wow. I had no idea that you all felt so similarly to how Alex feels about me. Thank you for putting it in much gentler words. Oh, boy. I have not been trying to flatter (just genuine praise/encouragement) or to fish for compliments, but, quite clearly, despite my intentions, that is how I come off. And there is nothing I can do about that (and still be “me”). Just a personality flaw I can’t “see.”
Thank you, .mod, for your honesty.
Since I cannot see myself as others see me (lol, you would not believe how differently I perceive myself from how you guys do! — pathetic, huh?), the only way to stop annoying you mods (and several other commenters/readers NO doubt, no doubt at all (I have data)), is to just cut out all the non-science commenting. I just don’t know HOW to not write (to encourage (or, lol, in MY mind, to entertain), I mean) any other way (except to imitate another and not be myself).
Well! 2016 will now be a better year for SOME of the WUWT community, for sure.
Yours most sincerely and with an apology for all the irritation I have caused you and others,
Janice
[‘Tis also been said, “To your own self be true”. That being so, continue being yourself, not others wish. .mod]
.mod!!! SMILING!!!
#(:))
Okay! I WILL keep on being wonderful, enthusiastic, zany, obnoxious (to some), ME.
Watch out WUWT world — here I come.
Thank you.
Thanks for the video clips Janice. All the best to you…but I am not sure where the dad thing happened, I just look after my friends daughter while they are at work (Collect from school and help with maths).
Wooten is such a talent, not seen Malaman before. Both awesome. If only I had such talent I would be playing bass rather than being bored in IT. Maybe one day.
But most of my bassist inspiration comes from the likes of Waters from Pink Floyd, King from Level 42 and Squire from Yes (Now past away I believe). My bass is a Squire (Fender copy) “J” bass…and it plays well enough for me, only 4 strings though.
Hi, Patrick MJD,
Oops! (blush) I must have mixed you up with another commenter. I thought you were the guy who was doing his best to parent an ADHD son and I even prayed for you and him, lol (well, God must have chuckled at that). {sarc ON} (sly glance) Ooh, but Patrick… don’t you remember?? {sarc OFF} Don’t worry — Support Enforcement won’t be sending you a Summons for back child support. Yes, I recalled about your math tutoring of the family’s daughter — I’ll bet you ARE good at that. If you are a typical IT guy, you are a very patient and creative (and bright, that goes without saying — but I said it!! and too bad Alex, I LIKE TO COMPLIMENT PEOPLE — it is not flattery if it is TRUE) teacher. That has been my experience with IT people.
I hope that you take time (often!) to play that “J” bass (and listen to those bass greats you mentioned). I love that sound. When I had a good sound system, I always dialed up the bass and dialed down the treble a bit. Say! Have you listened to Russian or Ukrainian choral music? They usually include a basso profundo part (low, low bass) and the richness of their harmony overall cannot be surpassed.
Blah, blah, blah. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed those videos.
Take care,
Janice
P.S. (to Patrick MJD) And the “in the same boat with you” is re: the “between jobs” boat.
I hope this works…
https://youtu.be/S_IG44WjnC4
It’s a bass cover (Meaning its a copy sound video for the track) of a great Level 42 track from about the mid-80’s with all the panic about acid rain etc. The bass riff is awesome…
Janice, thank you for your kind words. The girl I give care and maths lessons to does have ADHD issues too (Or is that she’s a right PITfA? Debateable.), and she is on medication for that, and it works most times, until she packs a sad-on, sheesh, watch out for that. Still a few “jabs” in the side has her giggling like an idiot (Me) and wobbling like a plate of jello (Strangely, me again). It is a rather sad story in fact. She had an operation (In the UK) when she was 2 on her heart for an issue with her aorta. She was starved of oxygen. So her physical and mental health issues are a direct result of medical malpractice.
But she still calls me Aunty Patsy! Go figure!
Patrick! Kah—oooouhl. Great bass riff. Thank you for sharing. Next time that plucky little girl gets the blues, play THAT for her — should make her smile (esp. if you dance to it, lol) … and call her “Grandpa Jillian {or whatever her name is}” — I’ve found that (from my limited first-hand experience with ADHD kids) ADHD (or just “ADHD”) kids usually have a WONDERFUL sense of humor. Yup. You proved my assertions about IT people above — that you took the time to respond to me = conscientious and kind…. and you are creative and caring (for that damaged-by-negligence child). I tell you, that is the MAIN ev1l, imo, of Government Medicine (if sovereign immunity makes the medical industry largely immune from medical malpractice). For all its egregious exceptional abuses, the American medical malpractice bar, while it cannot “make whole” a little girl like your family’s, does a lot of good (mainly by providing an incentive for excellent care… or else…, but, also by reimbursing medical expenses and providing some help with long-term care/compensation — and, imo, the cost of medical malpractice insurance (passed on to consumers, of course) is worth it).
I hope that 2016 brings not just a job, but an intellectually stimulating job that uses your skills and experience, and, most of all, your natural abilities in a wonderful new way. One door closed… another door to open… . AND A GREAT BASS-PLAYING WITH A BAND OPPORTUNITY (find a few guys… and a garage 🙂 ).
Praying for you,
Janice
Happy Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas Anthony and Josh and to all of the amazing people who teach me stuff every day here! I count you as gifts in my life!
Merry Christmas from Vallejo California, Unites States of America. Peace to everyone this day. The sun is so beautiful today with a big blue sky. God is smiling on us all.
Merry Christmas to Antony and all at WUWT. Let us take the mediocrity of the Paris agreements as a bonus Christmas present.
And my personal thanks to RichardSCourtney for the Christmas present.
Hope you are well and that you can check your email, answer your phone or call me somehow soon. I did send a present and I hope you like it.
Sorry about interrupting this thread with an intra-family message but I can’t seem to contact my father at the moment.
Dear Matt,
Just prayed. I know that with your dad’s health concerns his lack of response must have you very worried.
Take care,
Janice
MC,
I’m sorry the Courtneys couldn’t be together this Christmas.
Hope the holiday ends happily merrily for you all in Merrie Olde.
GM
Thanks all. He’s probably just left his phoned somewhere.
Like me, just turned it OFF!
as it’s party time this never gets old.
Merry Christmas Anthony, Josh, moderators and contributors alike. Cheers and may your holiday meals be as gratifying as reading this blog. 🙂
Hello anthony. Been reading your blog for a number of years now and am incredibly impressed and grateful for all the work imputted. It has educated me to the point where I try and encourage some people i meet to consider that the consensus is not whats its cracked up to be but the brainwashing is now so embedded that to try and distil the anti consensus message in a brief format is all but impossible. I hope you and those dear to you have a good year upcoming and better than it appears 2015 was. Best regards. Eoin. Dublin
To borrow a phase from the movie ” True Believer”:
“The good fight, is the one you win ”
======
Just a matter of time 🙂
Yes! For, in the end, truth wins — every time.
#(:))
I love it when Janice has got my back.
Never forget that the winners write the history.
… and still… in the end… truth triumphs over l1es.
History ain’t over yet! 😎
“Gunga Din
December 25, 2015 at 5:17 pm
History ain’t over yet! 8-)”
Errmmm…”history” gets “written”…and has no base in truth or for that matter fact. And now the human race has entered the era of…the internet (Or for short, stupid). But that is just my opinion…on the interweb…thingy, what?! Get off the computer? Aww mom? When I was growing up I played with something else. Get your minds out of the gutter. It was radio (And electrickery)!
Zalig Kerstmis
and remember it has never been about the climate having a problem. They just don’t like it when the power is in the hands of ‘We The People’.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all, especially to Anthony and the WUWT team including Josh and his satire sharp yet devoid of rancor.
Merry Christmas to everyone here on WUWT. I will probably never meet any of you face to face,but I would like to extend my best wishes to you all, for the wonderful articles and comments posted here. I hope 2016 will bring health and happiness to you, your families and loved ones, wherever you are on this earth, you call home. This is especially so for you Anthny. Many thanks for bringing us all together.
Eamon.
…Awesome job boss… !!!!
Gud Yul!
Merry Christmas to you Anthony and to all the moderators.
Now see, Alsatian, Frisian, Feroise and Low Saxon. This calls for Bavarian– Cene veinåhd und a guads nais!
Like I always say, you’re not German if your ancestors left before 1871! 😀
Thanks more than you can know for the wonderful columns and conversations, and the excellent paper on the NOAA adjustments to all of the class 1 and 2 temp sites. May your good labor and work continue to be a strength and a blessing in these confounded times.
I hope every single one of you have the most wonderful year yet.
PS I always wonder why the Zarathustrians were the only ones who knew what was going on.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WiZSRpWhfP0/UsrDWDqoiXI/AAAAAAAAVgc/FTb1g1ii7WY/s1600/Tissot.journey-of-the-magi..jpg
کریسمس مبارک
And to all the sun people
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/719688main_Sun-Wavelength-Chart_full.jpg
Daniel was put in charge of the Magi. Some of them remembered some of what he taught.
“What a Wonderful World” closed out the TV series version of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” It was totally out of character with the rest of the series, but it was a brilliant choice.
Thanks, I am in the mood for watching something like that.
Merry Christmas to all, and high hopes that we gain ground in our continuing argument in this upcoming year.
Merry Christmas Anthony and contributors. Thanks for the articles and the interesting, and often thought-provoking, comments. Have lurked on the site for a couple of years and appreciate the efforts made to restore faith in the concept and principles of scientific inquiry.