"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" English Translation

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Today was the first day of winter break and I had no idea what to do with with myself all day... So, since this song was stuck in my head all afternoon, I decided to go ahead and attempt a translation.

I chose to do a more casual translation instead of a literal, word-for-word one since it sounds more natural in English to me that way. But I'm nowhere near fluent, so for the love of pasta let me know if I made any horribly embarrassing mistakes so I can correct them!


~We Wish You a Merry Christmas~

  [America]
Merry Christmas!
  [Russia]
S Rozhdestvom!
  [England]
Merry Christmas!
  [France]
Joyeux Noël!
  [China]
Shèngdàn kuàilè!

  [America]　
Alright!
Tonight we're gonna eat, drink and party it up!

  [Everyone]
Let's all sing together ♪ Christmas
It'll be fun if we get together ☆ Christmas
Let the awesome party begin!

  [America]
We wish you a merry Christmas
a super flashy Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year
The whole town is
in Christmas colors, woohoo!
The beer, the trees, the houses
and of course today's cake!
How 'bout it? Looks delicious, right??

  [France]
Uee...
  [China]
Uu... what an incredible color, aru...
  [Russia]
It doesn't really look like something that should be eaten~
  [England]
Alright! Next it's my turn!

  [England]
We wish you a merry Christmas
a Christmas together with family
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year
Santa Claus
loves sherry and
the mince pie I made!

  [France]
That thing will poison Santa for sure~
  [England]
What the hell was that, wine-bastard??
Santa said he likes it!!
  [France]
Get out of the way, next is the très bien moi's turn!

  [France]
Je te souhaite un Joyeux Noël
a luxurious and gorgeous Christmas
a celebration with a superior menu
The romantic and charming
Pére Noël enjoys
the very best wine

  [America]
Haha~! So even Santa likes booze!
  [China]
Seems that way, aru~.
  [Russia]
VODKAAA~!
By the way, at my house December 25th is just a normal day~

  [Russia]
On January 7th
Rozhdestvenskiie zabavy
The reason for celebrating the New Year is pretty powerful~
Yolka decorate the busy streets
and Ded-Moroz performs miracles

  [Russia]
It's said that after the 25th he starts to move around~
  [America]
GYAAAAAAAA!!!
  [China]
Aiyaa! Stop trying to scare us, aru!
  [America]
S-s-s-s-s-so scary...!!
  [China]
Next is my turn!

  [China]
wŏmen zhù nĭ shèngdàn kuàilè
Everybody eats pizza
and decorating with Christmas trees is forbidden
Hong Kong taught me about it
but it seems different from how everyone else does it, aru...

  [America]
Kahaha~!
Since we went to all the trouble of having this party, why don't we kick the singing up a notch?!

  [Everyone]
Let's all sing together ♪ Christmas
It'll be fun if we get together ☆ Christmas
Let the New Year begin!

  [France]
Hey, that wine's for me to drink! Don't just help yourself!
  [England]
No, it's mine!
G-give it back!
  [China]
Again, aru? You should stop fighting!
I hope the new year holds lots of good things, too, aru!
  [England]
Y-yeah...
  [Russia]
At my place New Year's doesn't start until after dawn~
  [France]
It's the same at my place, but on New Year's...
  [America]
I totally don't care about your story, France, but...
  [France]
HEY!
  [America]
...Hasn't there been a kind of weird feeling in the air for a while now...?
  [China]
I feel it too, aru...

  [Canada]
But I've been here the whole time...
  [Kumajirou]
Who?
  [Canada]
I'm Canada...


(The kanji and romaji versions of the lyrics that I used for my translation were kindly posted here by dilemina. :3
Also, the fabulous hikari_kaitou helped correct several of the clumsier parts of my translation. xD;
And now, theorangewitch has made a Spanish translation! You can find it here. :D
Furthermore, dette_drage fixed a bit of the transliteration from Russian, which is good 'cause I don't know a thing about the Cyrillic alphabet. >_>)