I’ve been able to take some much needed time-off, thanks to Charles Rotter aka “Charles the Moderator”, but I wanted to say how much I appreciate this opportunity to reach around the world with our message, and to touch lives. I’ve been given a great gift.
I also wish to thank Kip Hansen, who was instrumental in me getting back on my feet by helping my employees recover after the devastating #campfire. I very nearly lost my business due to the fallout. Thanks to everyone who helped. The situation is slowly turning around now, and I have hope.
In 2019, there are going to be some changes, good changes (though some may not see it that way) and I hope to rejoin daily operations. Look for some announcements soon.
In the mean time, I appreciate you all; the readers, the moderators, the guest contributors, and even my detractors, because you fuel my fire. I wish you all a Merry Christmas, wherever you are, and a happy and prosperous new year in 2019.- Anthony
h/t to Raphael Telis for the graphic
Merry Christmas all.
Thanks for everything. I learn a lot about politics and science on here, and of course climate change.
This place is invaluable – a beacon of sanity and truth amid the endless madness out there. I can imagine it takes a big toll, to have your head so visibly and constantly above the parapet to be shot at.
We all owe you a huge debt of thanks, Anthony – not least your detractors
Thanks for all the good and hard work, Anthony et al.
Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year to all true sceptics.
Feliz Navidad.
Hope I got you all covered….
Afrikaans (South Africa, Namibia)
Geseënde Kersfees
Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin) Afishapa
Amharic (Ethiopia) Melikam Gena! (መልካም ገና!)
Ashanti/Asante/Asante Twi (Ghana) afehyia pa
Chewa (Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe) Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha Kristmasi
Dagbani (Ghana) Ni ti Burunya Chou
Edo (Nigeria) Iselogbe
Ewe (Ghana, Togo) Blunya na wo
Fula/Fulani (Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Togo, Guinea, Sierra Leone) Jabbama be salla Kirismati
Hausa (Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo) barka dà Kirsìmatì
Ibibio (Nigeria) Idara ukapade isua
Igbo/Igo (Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea) E keresimesi Oma
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo) Noheli nziza
Lingala (DR Congo, Rep Congo, Central African Republic, Angola) Mbotama Malamu
Luganda (Uganda) Seku Kulu
Ndebele (Zimbabwe, South Africa) Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni
Shona (Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana) Muve neKisimusi
Soga/Lasoga (Uganda) Mwisuka Sekukulu
Somali (Somalia, Djibouti) Kirismas Wacan
Sotho (Lesotho, South Africa) Le be le keresemese e monate
Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya, DR Congo, Uganda) Krismasi Njema / Heri ya Krismasi
Tigrinya (Ethiopia and Eritreia) Ruhus Beal Lidet
Xhosa/isiXhosa (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho) Krismesi emnandi
Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin) E ku odun, e ku iye’dun
Zulu (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland) UKhisimusi omuhle
Afganistan (Dari) Christmas Mubarak (کرسمس مبارک)
Albanian Gëzuar Krishtlindjen
Arabic Eid Milad Majid (عيد ميلاد مجيد)
Which means ‘Glorious Birth Feast’
Aramaic Eedookh Breekha
Which means ‘Blessed be your Christmas’
Armenian Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ)
Which means ‘Congratulations for the Holy Birth’
Belgium
Dutch/Flemish
Vrolijk Kerstfeest
French Joyeux Noël
German Frohe Weihnachten
Walloon djoyeus Noyé
Bulgarian Vesela Koleda
Cambodia (Khmer) Rik-reay Bon Noel (រីករាយ បុណ្យណូអែល)
China
Mandarin
Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快乐)
Cantonese Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂)
Cornish Nadelik Lowen
Croatian (and Bosnian) Sretan Božić
Czech Veselé Vánoce
Danish Glædelig Jul
Esperanto Feliĉan Kristnaskon
Estonian Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Faroe Islands (Faroese) Gleðilig jól
Finnish Hyvää joulua
France
French
Joyeux Noël
Breton Nedeleg Laouen
Corsican Bon Natale
Alsatian E güeti Wïnâchte
German Frohe Weihnachten
Greek Kala Christouyenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Georgian gilocav shoba-akhal c’els
or გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს
Greenland
Greenlandic
Juullimi Pilluarit
Danish (also used in Greenland) Glædelig Jul
Haitian Creole Jwaye Nowe
Hawaiian Mele Kalikimaka
Holland (Dutch) Zalig Kerstfeest or Zalig Kerstmis (both mean Merry Christmas), Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Cheerful Christmas) or Prettig Kerstfeest (Nice Christmas)
Hungarian Boldog karácsonyt (Happy Christmas) or Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket (pleasant Christmas holidays)
Icelandic Gleðileg jól
India
Bengali (also spoken in Bangladesh)
shubho bôṛodin (শুভ বড়দিন)
Gujarati Anandi Natal or Khushi Natal (આનંદી નાતાલ)
Hindi Śubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस)
Kannada kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು)
Konkani Khushal Borit Natala
Malayalam Christmas inte mangalaashamsakal
Marathi Śubh Nātāḷ (शुभ नाताळ) or Natal Chya shubhechha
Mizo Krismas Chibai
Punjabi karisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ)
Sanskrit Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa
Shindi Christmas jun wadhayun
Tamil kiṟistumas vāḻttukkaḷ (கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள்)
Telugu Christmas Subhakankshalu
Urdu krismas mubarak (کرسمس)
Indonesian Selamat Natal
Iran
Farsi
Christmas MobArak
Kurdish (Kumanji) Kirîsmes u ser sala we pîroz be
Irish – Gaelic Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Israel – Hebrew Chag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח)
meaning ‘Happy festival of the Birth’
Italy
Italian
Buon Natale
Sicilian Bon Natali
Ladin Bon/Bun Nadèl
Japanese Meri Kurisumasu (or ‘Meri Kuri’ for short!)
Hiragana: めりーくりすます
Katakana: メリークリスマス
Korean ‘Meri krismas’ (메리 크리스마스) or ‘seongtanjeol jal bonaeyo’ (성탄절 잘 보내요) or ‘Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo’ (즐거운 크리스마스 되세요)
Latin Felicem Diem Nativitatis (Merry Day of the Nativity)
Latvian Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus
Lithuanian Linksmų Kalėdų
Macedonian Streken Bozhik or Среќен Божик
Madagascar (Malagasy) Tratra ny Noely
Maltese Il-Milied it-Tajjeb
Malaysia
Bahasa/Malay
Selamat Hari Natal
Malayalam Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal
Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man) Nollick Ghennal
Mexico (Spanish is main lang)
Nahuatl
Cualli netlācatilizpan
Yucatec Maya Ki’imak “navidad”
Montenegrin Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Christ is born
Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – truly born (reply)
Native American / First Nation Languages
Apache (Western) Gozhqq Keshmish
Cherokee Danistayohihv &Aliheli’sdi Itse Udetiyvasadisv
Inuit Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi
Navajo Nizhonigo Keshmish
Yupik Alussistuakeggtaarmek
This page has a large list of Merry Christmas Native/First Nation Languages (goes to another site)
Nepali Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (क्रस्मसको शुभकामना)
New Zealand (Maori) Meri Kirihimete
Norwegian God Jul or Gledelig Jul
Philippines
Tagalog
Maligayang Pasko
Ilokano Naragsak Nga Paskua
Ilonggo Malipayon nga Pascua
Sugbuhanon or Cebuano Maayong Pasko
Bicolano Maugmang Pasko
Pangalatok or Pangasinense Maabig ya pasko or Magayagan inkianac
Warey Warey Maupay Nga Pasko
Papiamentu – spoken in the Lesser Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire) Bon Pascu
Polish Wesołych Świąt
Portuguese Feliz Natal
Romanian Crăciun Fericit
Russian s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рождеством!) or
s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Счастливого рождества!)
Sami (North-Sami) – spoken in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia Buorit Juovllat
Samoan Manuia Le Kerisimasi
Scotland
Scots
Blithe Yule
Gaelic Nollaig Chridheil
Serbian Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Christ is born
Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – truly born (reply)
Slovakian Veselé Vianoce
Slovene or Slovenian Vesel Božič
Somali Kirismas Wacan
Spain
Spanish (Españo)
Feliz Navidad or Nochebuena (which means ‘Holy Night’ – Christmas Eve)
Catalan Bon Nadal
Galician Bo Nadal
Basque (Euskara) Eguberri on (which means ‘Happy New Day’)
Sranantongo (spoken in Suriname) Swit’ Kresneti
Sinhala (spoken in Sri Lanka) Suba Naththalak Wewa (සුබ නත්තලක් වේවා)
Swedish God Jul
Switzerland
Swiss German
Schöni Wiehnachte
French Joyeux Noël
Italian Buon Natale
Romansh Bellas festas da Nadal
Thai Suk sarn warn Christmas
Turkish Mutlu Noeller
Ukranian ‘Веселого Різдва’ Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or ‘Христос Рождається’ Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Christ is Born)
Vietnamese Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh
Welsh Nadolig Llawen
Sci-fi & Fantasy Languages!
Klingon (Star Trek)
toDwI’ma’ qoS yItIvqu’ (Our Savior’s birthday you-enjoy!)
Quenya (Lord of the Rings) Alassë a Hristomerendë (Joyous Feast of Christ)
Sindarin (Lord of the Rings) Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion (Joyous Feast of the Coming of the Son of God)
(Христос се роди) – ‘Christ is born’ (or similar in Slavic languages, is a greeting used instead of ‘good morning’ or ‘good afternoon’, while a reply to a greeter is ‘ In truth, He was born’
However as the holiday good wish ‘Sretan Bozic’ (Happy Christmas) is used.
(word Božić, Bozhik etc, means ‘baby God’)
In German it is Weihenachten (holy Night of the birth of Christ). In Spain, it’s Navidad (the Nativity). For Christians in Russia, it’s Рождество (the Birth). Norwegian Sissel Kyrkjebø sings of His Birth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ONn4T0_30A
December 25th, 1914
Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian)
Yirgach, you left off the Ecosystem-Valuing Universalist Extraterrestrial Intelligence Possessing The Capacity To Harm Or Destroy The Earth Or Any Portion Thereof (EVUETIPTCTHODTEOAPT) coming to destroy the Earth because mankind is destroying the Earth.
Also:
QISmaS botIvjaj ‘ej DIS chu’ DatIvjaj (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!)
Merry Christmas to Anthony and all who make this web site great!
PBH
Seasons greetings from the rock! (Vancouver Island)
WUWT is the present that keeps on giving!
Many thanks to you, Anthony. Charles, you handled WUWT like a champ.
Readers, posters, commenters… you are all the best!
Keep running toward the fire!
I wish a Merry Christmas to all, even the trolls!
Here’s wishing Anthony and all of the WUWT elves the merriest Christmas and a joyful New Year! This site has provided me with enlightenment, laughter, and sobering reflection for many years. Thank You!!!
Merry Christmas to you too Anthony and all your loved ones.
And Merry Christmas to all of the rest here and allover.
cheers
Merry Christmas to all… great job by CTM and all… welcome home Anthony! Onward and upward… CAVU!
Yes Mr Watts and all your little elves, a happy and holy Christmas and good tidings for 2019.
From the Soviet republic of Scotland.
Merry Chrsitmas to all at all at WUWT. Anthony’s Christmas card above brought this to mind:
The Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act was approved in the House of Representatives by wide margins Friday, clearing the chamber by 361 to 10. The Senate had already approved the bill on Thursday by a voice vote.
Introduced by Wyoming GOP Sen. John Barrasso and co-sponsored by a number of Republicans and Democrats alike, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act calls for a number of reforms that would unburden the industry. The legislation streamlines how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulates facilities by improving licensing procedures and giving licensees more transparency on how the agency spends its money. Additionally, it encourages investment in nuclear research and supports the development new technology in labs around the country.
The end goal of the bill is to make the development and commercialization of nuclear technology more affordable.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/22/congress-passes-modern-nuclear-power-bill/
Curiously, I can’t find any reporting of this from mainstream outlets. Don’t want to awaken the woke?
Merry Christmas and many more, Anthony. Thank you to all who support and manage WUWT!
This short BBC Christmas sketch is about certain Arthur Watt
https://youtu.be/R9fHb9JN9vQ
Merry Christmas Anthony and Happy New Year to all the WUWT workers who make this great source of truth live. We are glad to hear that things are turning around, Antony, you deserve a reward for the years of work.
Merry Christmas Anthony and all who help make WUWT great!
Mr Anthony : ( did I live in south Miss. too long ? )
You GIVE a great gift .
!!!!!
Sorry I’m late …
Merry Christmas from a rather dry Australia.
Saludos de Navidad desde Calizuela!
Jorge
Thanks Antony and your team of helper s. Merry Xmas and hopefully a prosperous 2019.
Here in S.A. we are having very hot weather. The weather cycle is very simple, if the wind is from the West, its Indian Ocean moderate temperatures, if its from the South its Antarctic cold, if its from the North its tropical air plus coming across the vast inland desert it gets very hot. All perfectly normal for this country. But our national broadcaster , the ABC, otherwise known as the properganda arm of the ALP and the Greens is, saying Ëxtreme, extrene.
Compared to other Decembers its all quite Normal.
MJE
new Bom standard is 3 days over 30? can be labelled heatwave.
fools
tis going to be a warm one tomorrow though 40ish my area.
Merry Xmas to Anthony Charles and all the article posters and commenters
Ive been around WUWT for 9yrs now
and its a daily must read for me and a lot of forwarded links
blessings on you all for your effort and dedication
Laurel
I think Don Henley kinda captured the spirit:
….”What would we do without all these jerks anyway
Besides, all our friends are here”.
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Merry Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas to all at WUWT, especially Anthony, from DownUnder where it is already Boxing Day.
Merry Christmas, Anthony, and CTM!!!!
AND A HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL WHO VISIT HERE!!!
Regards,
Bob