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[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

Hey guys I thought this might be fun as we are in/approaching the holiday season!

What are the Russian forms of the typical holiday greetings and the like? (EX: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanakkah, Happy New Years, etc)

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[poluzhivago.livejournal.com]

С Новым годом! - Happy New Year!
Счастливого Рождества! - Merry Christmas!

[poluzhivago.livejournal.com]

Аlso:
С Новым годом! С новым счастьем!
Поздравляю с Новым годом!
Примите мои новогодние поздравления.

[quem98.livejournal.com]

Or if you want to be really vague/politically correct (whichever way you look at it)

С праздником!

[noser.livejournal.com]

Luckily, in Russia, they are far from that degree of political correctness. You can actually name the holiday with no fear of consequences. :)

[kippie.livejournal.com]

New Year is the only holiday we really celebrates here in the middle of winter :) We'll say 'с новым годом!' when we wishes a happy new year. Also you may say 'с праздником!', but it mean that you wish a happy holiday, not new year, but it also usable because each will understand that you meant an actual holiday that celebrates at this moment :))

From my school text.

[giantantattack.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! - С Новым годом!
Merry Christmas! - С Рождеством!
Happy Hanukkah! - Счастливая Ханука!
Happy Holidays! (holiday coming up) - С наступающим!
Happy Holidays! (on specific holiday) - С праздником!

[fuindae.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah! - Счастливая Ханука!

I think, it's better to say Счастливой Хануки! :)

[borodator.livejournal.com]

Yeah "счастливой хануки" is better, but sounds too formal.
Most of celebrating Hanukkah here in Russia people prefer "Hanukkah Simcha".
But this is not for Learn_Russian, it's rather for Learn_Hebrew community ;-)

[giantantattack.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was thinking the same thing, but I've learned to accept my teacher's given information without much question since she almost always has a logical explanation for the things she has written into the text. Still though, the latter does seem better to me. I'll have to take that up with her when I get back to class in a couple weeks. :-)