How to Say ‘Merry Christmas’ in Japanese
Merry Christmas! What are you going to do for your Christmas Eve and Christmas? To spend with your family, girlfriend or boyfriend or even along or working? I hope you enjoy Christmas. Let me introduce how to correctly use Christmas(クリスマス) in Japanese today!
メリークリスマス! (meri-kurisumasu)
Merry Christmas! / Happy Holidays!
“メリークリスマス!” means “Merry Christmas! or Happy Holidays!” which can be used when you met someone who you get along with or you could text them as well. In texting “メリークリスマス!”, you might want to put one sentence with it such as “メリークリスマス!素敵なクリスマスを迎えてね。(Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy a wonderful Christmas season.)”, “メリークリスマス、そして素敵な新年を!(Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!)”, “メリークリスマス!楽しく、幸せなクリスマスでありますように。(Merry Christmas! May your Christmas be merry and happy.)”, etc. Everyone could use “メリークリスマス!” as casual and polite.

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