How do you say/write “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” in Japanese?

Laney: How do you say/write “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” in Japanese?
Both romaji and written Japanese please.

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Answer by alice
Kurisumasu omedetou and Meerii Kurisumasu
メリークリスマス 😀

Answer by Chris
メーリークリスマス　- “Meerii Kurisumasu” – Most Japanese will probably say this for Merry Christmas. Christmas is a western concept, and most people who are hip enough to celebrate it will probably say it in a western way. In Japan, western means American.

お正月おめでとう – “Oshougatsu Omedetou” – Oshougatsu is a virtual translation of “The new year”. “Omedetou” basically means “congratulations.” They say this in place of “happy” when discussing holidays. For instance, “Otanjoubi omedetou” means “happy birthday,” where “otanjoubi” means “birthday”, and “omedetou” means “congratulations.”

The Japanese word for “the” in this case would probably be “shi” (し). You could also say “to” (と), but where I lived in Japan, they probably would have said “shi”. So in full, the sentence would be:

メーリークリスマスしお正月おめでとう
“Meerii Kurisumasu shi Oshougatsu omedetou!”

Answer by lemonC 
on Dec 25.
Merry Chirstmas
メリークリスマス
（meri- kurisumasu）

on Jan 1.
新年明けましておめでとうございます。（shinnen akemashite omedetougozaimasu.)

VERY CASUAL STYLE:新年明けましておめでとう!（shinnen akemashite omedetou!)