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Welcome to our Festive Phrases Advent Calendar. With Festive Phrases you can learn a festive greeting each day of December, and you’ll soon be able to say “Merry Christmas”, “Happy New Year” or “Happy Holidays” to many millions of people around the world. In each short video Radio Lingua director Mark is joined by a native speaker of the language, and we’ll provide some background information about the number of speakers, where the language is spoken and much more.

To “open the door” of the Advent Calendar, just click on the number for each date.

Although the episodes will be published daily on the podcast feed until 25th December, all episodes are being made available in the list below and are linked to on the Advent Calendar above from the 1st of December, to allow schools to complete the series before the end of term. Don’t miss the final episode which summarises lots of important points from the series!

Full list of languages:

1. Norwegian: God Jul
2. Greek: Καλά Χριστούγεννα | kalá khristóuyena
3. French: Joyeux Noël
4. Gaelic: Nollaig Chrìdheil
5. Polish: Wesołych Świąt
6. German: Fröhliche Weihnachten
7. Japanese: 明けましておめでとう | akemashite omedetō (Happy New Year)
8. Russian: с Рождеством | s razhdyestvóm
9. Spanish: Feliz Navidad
10. Danish: God Jul
11. Mandarin: 新年快乐 | xīn nián kuài lè (Happy New Year)
12. Irish: Nollaig shona duit
13. Swedish: God Jul | St Lucia celebrations
14. Romanian: Un an nou fericit
15. Italian: Buon Natale
16. Luxembourgish: Schéi Chrëchtdeeg
17. Catalan: Bon Nadal | Information for teachers on the Tió de Nadal
18. Turkish: Mutlu yıllar
19. Ukrainian: Щасливого Різдва | Shaslivogo rizdva
20. Zulu: Ukhisimusi omuhle
21. Hungarian: Boldog Karácsonyt
22. Portuguese: Feliz Natal
23. Arabic: كُلُّ عَامٍ وَأَنْتُم بِخَيْر | Kull ‘aam wa ‘antum bikhair
24. Dutch: Prettige feestdagen
25. Finale: a review of the past 24 episodes and some important messages for learners