The Christmas Spirit - In Dutch
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It's Christmas time, pretty baby! And though no snow has fallen to the ground yet here in the Netherlands, at one week and a couple days till Christmas, now is the time to start getting ready! Here's a mini Dutch-English Christmas dictionary to get you in the spirit. To hear the words pronounced in Dutch, go to acapela-group.com. Select either "Femke" or "Max" under "select a voice," copy and paste the word you want to hear in the text box, and press "say it"! Please feel free to suggest more words in a comment - I know I haven't even come close to covering them all!
Christmas tree - kerstboom
Christmas music - kerstmuziek
Christmas decoration - de kersthang or de kerstversiering
to celebrate - vieren
poinsettia - de kerstster
reindeer - het rendier
sleigh - de slee
sled - de slede
snow - sneeuw
to snow - sneeuwen
cold -de koud
chilly - fris
ice skating/to ice skate - schaatsen
Christmas Day - kerstdag
Merry Christmas - Prettige kerstmis or Prettige kerstdagen
Happy New Year - Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar
eggnog - eierpunch
New Year's Eve - Oud en Nieuw
Santa Claus - de kerstman
wish list - de verlanglijst
present - het cadeau or het kado
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