How to wish People Well on Holidays?

The last months of the year bring with it the festive season and it is a time for us to get together in celebration and with the opportunity to start off the next on a joyous note. You will also have family, friends, and acquaintances getting together in parties and celebrations and exchanging wishes with you. Writing good holiday wishes for everyone personally can sometimes get difficult as you have to tailor-make messages for all the people you love and admire. The main sentiment should be of happiness and joy about the holidays and appreciating everyone that has a significant role in your life.

A lot of festivals occur at almost the same time which includes Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and you should be mindful about what the person is celebrating while greeting them on holidays. You can use the general and widely used terms such as ‘Happy Holiday’ or ‘Greetings for the season’. But you should try to wish people for the specific holiday that they are celebrating as it helps in making the person feel appreciated and loved. So, if you want to wish somebody on Christmas, you can use the term ‘Merry Christmas’ which is the most common greeting for the holiday. But in Orthodox Christian communities, people use the term ‘ Christ is Born!’ in order to greet each other for the holiday while in some places, Christmas is referred to as the day of Nativity like in French (Joyeux Noel) and in Spanish (Feliz Navidad). You should keep these phrases in mind while wishing anyone celebrating Christmas.

For the people celebrating Hanukkah, you should remember the phrases Happy or Blessed Hanukkah which is used by many people to wish their Jewish friends a wonderful holiday. You can also use Hebrew greetings like Hanukkah sameach ( sa-may-akh) or chag (khag) which means Happy Holiday.

Kwanzaa is a celebration of African cultural heritage for seven days, each marking a special principle. You can simply wish them a Happy Kwanzaa or you can begin each day’s greeting with Habari Gani which means How are you in Swahili. Each day allows you to ask for what you are thankful for and you can respond with Ujima (Collective responsibility), Nia (Purpose), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Kuumba (Creativity), and Jmani (Faith).’

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