And Merry Mithras, Too

To friend and foe alike:

zhu dajia shengdan ji xinnian kuaile!

Which is Mandarin for "(I) wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year."

Actually, what it says literally is "wish big-house holy-birth and [< 'come up to'] new-year pleased-joy."

[Or so says Marc Miyake in his fascinating linguistics-oriented blog]