Meanings
- CanadaPhilippinesUSA greeting used during the Christmas and winter holiday season to recognize the celebration of many holidays, sometimes starting with Thanksgiving and including Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.
Madeleine Mayfair, What Should I Write? 101 Holiday Wishes for Greeting Cards Season's greetings and happy holidays!
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In the United States people say Happy Holidays to include all people on the earth: the Jewish people Celebrating Hanukah, Africans celebrating Kwanza, Middle Eastern people celebrating Eid, Christians celebrating Christmas, […]
2009, Ruben Santos Claveria, Holiday Songs and Kisses: Christmas Songs And other Poems
Translations
Catalan bones festes
- bones festesholiday greeting
Chinese Mandarin 節日快樂 /节日快乐
- 節日快樂 /节日快乐 (jiérì kuàilè)holiday greeting
Dutch fijne feestdagen, gelukkige feestdagen
- fijne feestdagenholiday greeting
- gelukkige feestdagenholiday greeting
- vrolijke feestdagenholiday greeting
Esperanto feliĉajn festojn
- feliĉajn festojnholiday greeting
Estonian häid pühi
- häid pühiholiday greeting
Finnish hyvää lomaa, hyviä pyhiä
- hyvää lomaaholiday greeting
- hyviä pyhiäholiday greeting
French joyeuses fêtes, bonnes fêtes
- joyeuses fêtesholiday greeting
- bonnes fêtesholiday greeting
German frohe Feiertage, frohe Festtage
- frohe Feiertageholiday greeting
- frohe Festtageholiday greeting
- frohes Festholiday greeting
Greek καλές γιορτές
- καλές γιορτές (kalés giortés)holiday greeting
Hebrew חג שמח, מועדים לשמחה
- חג שמח (chag sameach)holiday greeting
- מועדים לשמחה (moadim lesimha)holiday greeting
Hungarian kellemes ünnepeket
- kellemes ünnepeketholiday greeting
Icelandic gleðilega hátið
- gleðilega hátiðholiday greeting
Irish laethanta saoire sona dhuit, laethanta saoire sona daoibh
- laethanta saoire sona dhuitholiday greeting
- laethanta saoire sona daoibhholiday greeting
Italian buone feste
- buone festeholiday greeting
Japanese ハッピーホリデーズ, 楽しい休日
- ハッピーホリデーズ (happī horidēzu)holiday greeting
- 楽しい休日 (tanoshī kyūjitsu)holiday greeting
Korean 해피 홀리데이, 즐거운 휴일
- 해피 홀리데이 (haepi hollidei)holiday greeting
- 즐거운 휴일 (jeulgeoun hyuil)holiday greeting
Polish Wesołych Świąt
- Wesołych Świątholiday greeting
Portuguese boas festas
- boas festasholiday greeting
Romanian sărbători fericite
- sărbători fericiteholiday greeting
Russian с праздником, счастливых праздников
- с праздником (s prazdnikom)holiday greeting
- счастливых праздников (sčastlivyx prazdnikov)holiday greeting
Spanish felices fiestas, felices feriados
- felices fiestasholiday greeting
- felices feriadosholiday greeting
Ukrainian зі свя́том
- зі свя́том (zi svjátom)holiday greeting
Welsh gwyliau hapus
- gwyliau hapusholiday greeting
Cite this entry
happy holidays. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/happy%20holidays
“happy holidays.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/happy%20holidays. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “happy holidays,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/happy%20holidays.
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