Most Popular English and Spanish Holiday Greeting Card Messages, Sayings and Quotes

There are lots of ways to express the holiday spirit. Most people in the United States know some common English holiday expressions, but not everyone knows how to say the same holiday greetings in English. Here are some great Web sites that offer some simple yet popular holiday quotes and messages that you can use throughout the 2010 holiday season.

Writing Holiday Cards with English or Spanish Holiday Greetings

Some people still like to write and make their own holiday cards. If you are one of those people, have no fear because you can find plenty of help online for this kind of project. Simply check out the Web site of greetingcardsinspanish.blogspot.com for some great English and Spanish holiday sayings. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page. You will find some popular expressions like Merry Christmas or Feliz Navidad, Happy Halloween or Feliz Vispera del Dia de los Santos, and I love you or Yo Te Quiero. If you really care for the person, you can always add the Spanish phrase Con Amor which means With Love.

If you want to be really sure that your translation is correct, you should always check the words by using Google Translate at translate.google.com. This is a fun and free translating program that is easy and educational.

Writing Many English Holiday Greetings in Spanish

If you are writing holiday emails, cards and messages and you want to go beyond the simple Spanish holiday expressions, there is a great Web site that can help you go the extra step. This may be particularly useful if you are trying to build a relationship with someone who speaks mostly Spanish and little English.

Just head on over to the Web site of lingolex.com for a wide range of Christmas or holiday greetings in Spanish. This site has the Spanish version of many English holiday words or quotes. For example, it lists Ano Nuevo as the Spanish translation for the English phrase New Year. It provides the phrase Nochevieja as the Spanish version of the English phrase New Year's Eve. This site can be very helpful.

Longer English Holiday Phrases in Spanish

If you want to write even longer English holiday sayings in Spanish, there is another great Web site that can help you do this. Check out this page for some fun Spanish expressions from famous English holiday sayings. For example, you can use Deseos de la Navidad for the English phrase Christmas Wishes.

Hope you can use some of these English and Spanish holiday expressions and sayings. They may come in quite helpful if you have any friends or family members who speak more Spanish than English. Remember that most people prefer to read their native language so try to make a little extra effort this year and write in Spanish when you have the chance. You can bet it will be appreciated by the recipient.

Have a wonderful holiday season in 2010. Happy Holidays and Feliz Navidad!

References

Google Translate, translate.google.com

The Vocabulary of Christmas (Navidad), lingolex.com

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in many languages, omniglot.com

Make Greeting Cards in Spanish, greetingcardsinspanish.blogspot.com