It’s never too late to spread a little Christmas cheer! Share the joys of the holiday season with loved ones around the world by learning how to give your Christmas greetings in various languages. Surprise your foreign neighbors next door by greeting them in their native tongue—they’ll surely appreciate a taste of home on a special event like this one. Just make sure they're celebrating Christmas, too, before you go around greeting!

Female Network makes the job easier for you by compiling holiday salutations in 47 languages in the gallery below.

(First published on December 23, 2010.)