С Новым 2015 Годом! С Рождеством! Happy New 2015 Year! Merry Christmas!
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I hope everyone has a great holiday season!
Everyone wants to know how to say holiday greetings in Russian, especially in the time of celebrating New Year and Christmas.
As some of you may know Russians celebrate New Year before they celebrate their Christmas: January 1st and January 7th respectively. But how do we say greetings like "Happy New Year!" or "Merry Christmas!"?
С Новым Годом! - Lit.: With New Year! - Happy New Year!
С Новым 2015 Годом! - Lit.: With New 2015 Year! - Happy New 2015 Year!
С Рождеством! - Lit.: With Christmas! - Merry Christmas!
С праздником! / С праздниками! - Lit.: With holiday/With holidays! - Happy Holiday(s)!
If you want to say "I wish you Happy New Year!" then you should say: Поздравляем (поздравляю) Вас (тебя) с Новым Годом! which means We congratulate (I congratulate) You (form/plural) (you - inform./singular) with New Year!
Поздравляем Вас с Рождеством! - (We're) Wishing You (form./pl.) Merry Christmas!
Same applies when you wish a happy birthday to someone:
Поздравляю тебя с днём рождения! - Wishing you (inf./sg.) Happy Birthday!
С днём рождения! - Happy Birthday!
С наступившим Вас Новым 2015 Годом! - With the New 2015 Year that has come! :)
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