Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Step inside a global holiday journey. 🎄✨
In this episode of The Mondly Podcast, we explore how 21 different languages say “Merry Christmas”—and what those greetings reveal about history, culture, religion, romance, and even… Finland’s Christmas goat.
From the optimism of Feliz Navidad, to Iceland’s two-week Yule season, to Japan’s surprisingly romantic Christmas traditions, this episode shows how one phrase can carry centuries of meaning.
We unpack:
🌍 Why some cultures blend Christmas + New Year into one season
🗓️ The calendar split that puts Russian Christmas on January 7
🍪 The sensory magic behind German Frohe Weihnachten
❤️ How Japan turned Christmas into a date night
🧦 Brazil’s sock tradition
🐐 And yes… Finland’s legendary Joulupukki, the Christmas goat
🎧 Try it this season: send one holiday greeting in another language. Small gesture, big goodwill.
🎅 Based on an original Mondly blog article: mondly.com/blog/how-to-say-merry-christmas-different-languages
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – Intro: Why we say “Merry Christmas” differently
00:27 – Holiday traditions around the world
01:24 – Spain & Feliz Navidad
03:17 – Iceland’s long festive season
04:40 – Germany, Russia & Romania
06:05 – Modern twists: Japan & China
08:19 – Southern Europe & Brazil
09:47 – Being inclusive with greetings
11:07 – Try learning a new holiday phrase
12:32 – Outro
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Step inside a global holiday journey. 🎄✨
In this episode of The Mondly Podcast, we explore how 21 different languages say “Merry Christmas”—and what those greetings reveal about history, culture, religion, romance, and even… Finland’s Christmas goat.
From the optimism of Feliz Navidad, to Iceland’s two-week Yule season, to Japan’s surprisingly romantic Christmas traditions, this episode shows how one phrase can carry centuries of meaning.
We unpack:
🌍 Why some cultures blend Christmas + New Year into one season
🗓️ The calendar split that puts Russian Christmas on January 7
🍪 The sensory magic behind German Frohe Weihnachten
❤️ How Japan turned Christmas into a date night
🧦 Brazil’s sock tradition
🐐 And yes… Finland’s legendary Joulupukki, the Christmas goat
🎧 Try it this season: send one holiday greeting in another language. Small gesture, big goodwill.
🎅 Based on an original Mondly blog article: mondly.com/blog/how-to-say-merry-christmas-different-languages
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – Intro: Why we say “Merry Christmas” differently
00:27 – Holiday traditions around the world
01:24 – Spain & Feliz Navidad
03:17 – Iceland’s long festive season
04:40 – Germany, Russia & Romania
06:05 – Modern twists: Japan & China
08:19 – Southern Europe & Brazil
09:47 – Being inclusive with greetings
11:07 – Try learning a new holiday phrase
12:32 – Outro
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Follow us:
F A C E B O O K ➜ facebook.com/mondlylanguages
I N S T A G R A M ➜ instagram.com/mondlylanguages
T W I T T E R ➜ twitter.com/mondlylanguages
T I K T O K ➜ tiktok.com/@mondly.app
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