Word for happy new year wishes

Last updated: December 7, 2022

New Year wishes are great for sharing joy and hope for the New Year with friends and family. Whether you have a bottle of champagne set aside to ring in 2023, or a planner full of new goals and resolutions, this is also a time to reach out to loved ones. These messages, greetings, and quotes remind friends that you are thinking of them.

The start of each New Year is a time to reflect on the year just past and make plans for the future. It holds a special magic, with a promise of new opportunities and the possibility to change our lives for the better. It’s also a great time to bond over old memories as you endeavor to make more.

Welcome in the New Year by sending inspiring messages to your loved ones to mark this special time of year. Somehow this year it feels especially important to express our hopes and dreams for better days ahead in 2023!

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Happy New Year 2023 Wishes

Here are some short Happy New Year wishes and greetings that you can use to wish friends, family, and co-workers all the best for the New Year. They’re short and sweet, and great for card messages or text messages.

Cheers to the New Year! May 2023 be an extraordinary one!

Happy New Year! May the coming year be full of grand adventures and opportunities.

Life is short. Dream big and make the most of 2023!

Happy New Year! 2023 is the beginning of a new chapter. This is your year. Make it happen.

Life is an adventure that’s full of beautiful destinations. Wishing you many wonderful memories made in 2023.

Wishing you a Happy New Year, bursting with fulfilling and exciting opportunities. And remember, if opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door!

May the New Year bring you happiness, peace, and prosperity. Wishing you a joyous 2023!

It is time to forget the past and celebrate a new start. Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I hope all your endeavors in 2023 are successful.

Happy New Year! Let’s toast to yesterday’s achievements and tomorrow’s bright future.

Happy New Year! I hope all your dreams come true in 2023. Onwards and upwards!

Let your aspirations have wings so they may take you far in 2023.

Happy New Year! Best wishes for fun and adventures in 2023.

Wishing you a fresh start with renewed energy and confidence throughout the New Year.

Happy New Year! May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future.

Wishing you health, wealth, and happiness in the New Year ahead.

Happy New Year Wishes for Friends

Friends help us get through each year, and now’s the time to let them know. Whether you want encouraging and motivational messages to inspire them to reach their goals, or sincere messages that let them know how important they are in your life, we hope you find the perfect New Year message for your friends!

Happy New Year! Here’s to living life to the full in 2023. As a wise person once said, «You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough!»

Happy New Year! May your day start with a smile and end with champagne. Cheers!

Wishing you and your family a happy new year filled with hope, health, and happiness — with a generous sprinkle of fun!

As the sun sets on another year, I wish you great company and good cheer.

Wishing you a blessed New Year! When I count my blessings, I count you twice.

As 2023 approaches, I realize how lucky I am to count you as my friend. I am truly grateful for all that you do. My New Year’s resolution is to make more time to catch up with you next year, no matter how crazy work and life gets.

As the new year dawns, I hope it gets filled with the promises of a brighter tomorrow. Happy New Year!

Wishing you and your family a year brimming with good eats, good drinks, and lots of good adventures!

Happy New Year! Although we may be far apart, you are always in my heart.

Each year is a gift that holds hope for new adventures. May your New Year be filled with exploration, discovery, and growth.

Happy New Year! Wishing you lots of love and laughter in 2023 and success in reaching your goals!

Happy New Year! Best wishes to my beloved friend for a wonderful year ahead. Though we’re miles apart, you are always in my thoughts and prayers.

Happy New Year! I know this past year has had its fair share of ups and downs — but good or bad, these experiences have shaped who we are today and who we will be in the future. Onwards and upwards my friend, with no regrets!

Happy New Year! Although we are miles apart this time, I’ll be celebrating with you in spirit.

Happy New Year! I hope next year brings us more wonderful opportunities to spend time together.

Happy New Year! May you find the perspective you seek in 2023. As a wise person once said, «Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain». This is the perfect time to turn over a new leaf and follow your dreams. You can do it!

Happy New Year! Thank you for everything you do for me. You’re a great friend!

Don’t ever feel like your best days are behind you. Reinvention is the purest form of hope. Make today your best yet!
~ Phil Wohl

Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.
~ Rumi

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
~ Harriet Tubman

Happy New Year 2023 Wishes for Family

Wish family members near and far all the best for the holidays with one of these Happy New Year wishes and messages for family.

As the sun sets on another year, I wish you great company and good cheer.

Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a Happy New Year. May peace, love, and prosperity follow you always.

Thank you for being such an important part of our life. Let’s make 2023 the best year ever. Happy New Year!

I hope your New Year celebrations are full of love and laughter. Wishing you all a fun-filled and healthy 2023!

I’m so thankful for all the holiday celebrations we’ve shared together in the past. If only we could visit you this year too! Have an amazing time, and we’ll catch up with you in 2023.

Sending you the very best of wishes for the new year. May it be full of bright opportunities!

May the Holiday season fill your home with joy, your heart with love and your life with laughter. Wishing you a very happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you in 2023.

May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow for your lovely family, just as our childhood memories of holidays past are such happy recollections now. Wishing you lots of love, joy and happiness. Happy New Year!

May the New Year bring only happiness and joy to you and your adorable family. We miss you and hope to see you in 2023.

To a joyful present and a well-remembered past! We raise a glass to you this New Year all the way from [insert your location]. Best wishes for a magnificent 2023.

We’re so grateful that you could be here to celebrate the holidays with us and share in our good cheer! May our hopeful wishes follow you home and warm you through the new year.

In this loveliest of seasons may you find many reasons for happiness. Wishing you a very happy New Year, and sending lots of love from our family to yours!

Wishing you peace, love, and joy throughout 2023. With love from the [insert family name].

May the closeness of your loved ones, family, and friends fill your heart with joy. Happy New Year!

In the New Year, never forget to thank your past years, because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the future!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.
~ Bill Vaughan

Motivational & Inspiring Happy New Year Quotes

New Year’s can be a reset and a fresh start to re-focus on your hopes and dreams. These inspiring New Year quotes and sayings celebrate the opportunity the start of a new year brings. Include one in your happy new year 2023 wishes to friends and family to encourage, motivate, and inspire them as they set their New Year resolutions!

Wishing you 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8760 hours of joy, 525600 minutes of good luck, and 31536000 seconds of happiness. Happy New Year!

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
~ Rumi

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming «Wow! What a Ride!»
~ Hunter S. Thompson

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
~ Oprah Winfrey

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

As we look forward to the new year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
~ Barack Obama

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw

It’s never too late — never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
~ Jane Fonda

A new year. A fresh, clean start! It’s like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! A day full of possibilities!
~ Bill Watterson

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
~ Nido Qubein

In the New Year, never forget to thank your past years because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the future!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better person.
~ Benjamin Franklin

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives, not looking for flaws, but for potential.
~ Ellen Goodman

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
~ Robert Breault

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering «it will be happier».
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
~ Albert Einstein

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one!
~ Brad Paisley

You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand-new ending.
~ James R. Sherman

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
~ Danny Kaye

Happy New Year! Here’s to living life to the full in 2023. As a wise person once said, «You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough!»

Happy New Year! May your day start with a smile and end with champagne. Cheers!

Wishing you and your family a happy new year filled with hope, health, and happiness — with a generous sprinkle of fun!

As the sun sets on another year, I wish you great company and good cheer.

Wishing you a blessed New Year! When I count my blessings, I count you twice.

As 2023 approaches, I realize how lucky I am to count you as my friend. I am truly grateful for all that you do. My New Year’s resolution is to make more time to catch up with you next year, no matter how crazy work and life gets.

As the new year dawns, I hope it gets filled with the promises of a brighter tomorrow. Happy New Year!

Wishing you and your family a year brimming with good eats, good drinks, and lots of good adventures!

Happy New Year! Although we may be far apart, you are always in my heart.

Each year is a gift that holds hope for new adventures. May your New Year be filled with exploration, discovery, and growth.

Happy New Year! Wishing you lots of love and laughter in 2023 and success in reaching your goals!

Happy New Year! Best wishes to my beloved friend for a wonderful year ahead. Though we’re miles apart, you are always in my thoughts and prayers.

Happy New Year! I know this past year has had its fair share of ups and downs — but good or bad, these experiences have shaped who we are today and who we will be in the future. Onwards and upwards my friend, with no regrets!

Happy New Year! Although we are miles apart this time, I’ll be celebrating with you in spirit.

Happy New Year! I hope next year brings us more wonderful opportunities to spend time together.

Happy New Year! May you find the perspective you seek in 2023. As a wise person once said, «Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain». This is the perfect time to turn over a new leaf and follow your dreams. You can do it!

Happy New Year! Thank you for everything you do for me. You’re a great friend!

Don’t ever feel like your best days are behind you. Reinvention is the purest form of hope. Make today your best yet!
~ Phil Wohl

Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.
~ Rumi

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
~ Harriet Tubman

One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.
~ Paolo Coelho

There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there’s so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.
~ Zayn Malik

Pour the champagne and let its mousse rise, like thousands of sparkling smiling eyes.
~ Jared M. Brown

Tomorrow is a new day. Begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The New Year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.
~ Melody Beattie

Funny Happy New Year Wishes & Quotes

Embrace the natural humor of the celebration with these funny New Year wishes and quotes for friends and family who enjoy a more light-hearted approach to New Year’s Eve… and to setting New Year resolutions!

Live it up on New Year’s Eve — you’ve got the whole year to live it down!

Happy New Year! Don’t forget to make a new year’s resolution you won’t keep.

Remember when we were younger and just wanted to stay up on New Year’s Eve? Now all we want to do is sleep!

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
~ Bill Vaughn

New Year’s Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.
~ Jay Leno

Before I get drunk, dance on the bar, lose my phone, get naked and get arrested, let me wish you a Happy New Year!

May all of your troubles last as long as my New Year’s resolutions! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Let’s eat, drink, and be merry — for tomorrow we diet!

Wise, kind, gentle, generous, sexy. But enough about me, here’s to you — Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Here’s to living on the edge a little more in 2023. As Hunter S. Thompson said: «Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a Ride!'»

Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but my New Year’s resolution is to stop feeling guilty about not keeping last year’s resolution.

My New Year’s resolution was going to be to quit all my bad habits, but then it occurred to me — no one likes a quitter. Happy New Year!

A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.

Happy New Year! I can’t believe another year has passed so quickly. In the words of Michael Altshuler, «The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot!»

Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year’s resolutions, and I’ve stuck with it ever since.
~ Dave Beard

A new year. A fresh, clean start! It’s like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! A day full of possibilities!
~ Bill Watterson

Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.
~ Bill Vaughan

Happy New Year Wishes for your Boss or Co-workers

The Holiday season is a lovely time to wish your colleagues and boss all the best for the coming new year, and to thank them for their support in the past. You might be wondering how to write New Year wishes in an email. These messages are a starting point. You could personalize them further, for example, by mentioning a specific project that you’re looking forward to working on together.

Greetings of the Season and best wishes for the New Year!

I appreciate your leadership and support throughout this past year. I hope you get the opportunity to relax and spend time with your loved ones during the holidays. Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Thank you for being an important part of an amazing year.

May the new year bring you happiness, health, and the fulfillment of your hopes and goals. Happy New Year!

Thank you for your support and encouragement throughout 2022. May you have a wonderful holiday and all the best for 2023!

Congratulations on a great year! Sending warm wishes to you and your family throughout the holiday season.

Best wishes for the Holidays, and for health and happiness throughout the coming year.

Wishing you a joyous Holiday season and a happy and peaceful New Year.

Greetings of the Season and best wishes for the New Year!

Happy New Year! Thank you for all your support this year, you’re a great co-worker and friend!

Happy New Year! I hope all your endeavors in 2023 are successful.

Happy New Year SMS Text Messages

This collection of festive Happy New Year text messages that are perfect for sending to a close friend or family member on New Year’s Eve!

Happy New Year! Although we may be far apart, you are always in my heart.

Happy New Year! Here’s to sharing more good times and great memories in 2023.

10✨9✨8 ✨7✨6✨5✨4✨3✨2✨1🎇2023 — Happy New Year! Wishing you an amazing 365 days ahead.

Wishing you a great year that begins with happiness and ends with that too. Happy New Near!

As the sun sets on another year, I wish you great company and good cheer.

Wishing you a blessed New Year! When I count my blessings, I count you twice.

Sending peace, love, and joy to you and your loved ones this New Year.

Happy New Year! Sending love and light from afar.

Happy New Year! I hope all your dreams come true in 2023.

Happy New Year my friend — it’s time to shine bright like a diamond!

Happy New Year! Let’s eat, drink, and be merry — for tomorrow we diet!

Out with the old, in with the new! Wishing you a wonderful 2023.

Sing and dance and make good cheer, let’s make it last throughout the year!

Romantic Happy New Year Wishes for Lovers

Say «Happy New Year my love» with this sweet collection of New Year wishes for your lover, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife. It’s a great time of year to thank the people dear to you for the special part they play in your life, and to dream of all the exciting things you could do together in the year ahead.

I hope that this new year is a year of making memories and growing closer — you mean so much to me.

I can’t believe it’s that time of year again! Time sure flies when we’re having fun! I am so lucky to have shared it with you. Happy New Year!

Happy New Year my love! Thanks for accepting me for the complicated little oddball I am. When I’m with you, I feel I can totally be myself, and I hope you feel the same way too. Let us toast to another year of laughter and love.

Happy New Year, my love! Here’s to new adventures, taking risks, not sweating the small stuff, and creating more beautiful memories together.

Happy New Year my love! I feel I can get through anything with you by my side, and I hope you feel the same way too. Wishing you all your heart’s desires in 2023.

May you find happiness in every sunrise, sunset, and rainbow in 2023. May this year be the best year of our lives!

My fondest memories of the past year are the ones that include you!

Happy New Year my love! I’m so happy to be with you and spend this moment together.

My dreams came true when I met you. Looking forward to spending this New Year (and many more) together!

Happy New Year! As we prepare to farewell 2022, a year filled with more love, growth and understanding than I could have hoped for, I’m so excited to see what 2023 will hold for us. With you in my corner, I feel I can do anything. I am so lucky to have you.

Happy New Year my love! When I’m with you I feel like I can achieve anything. I love you to the moon and back!

The thought of sharing a brand-new year with you fills my heart with joy!

Ah, New Year’s Eve. The evening of little miracles. Take away the dazzling fireworks, the celebrations, the drinking and the countdowns and what you are left with is hope. Small human hope. The hope of better days, of fresh starts, and perhaps, if you are very lucky, a kiss.
~ Beau Taplin

The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to.
~ P.J. O’Rourke

2023 New Year Message Ideas for a Difficult Year

Some of us have had a difficult year with illness, loss, grief, uncertain employment, and isolation due to Covid-19 or to other circumstances in our lives. With that in mind, here are some New Year messages you could use as a starting point to write your own notes of encouragement to friends and family. I hope these examples help you find the right words to bless and encourage those around you this New Year.

Happy New Year! We might be apart today, but you’re always in our hearts. Take care in these uncertain times. We miss you!

New Year? Yes please! Here’s to better times ahead for us all! Wishing you a happy and healthy 2023.

This New Year message is packed full of virus-free hugs and kisses just for you! We hope you have a very happy new year and that we can see you again soon. Until then, cheers to you from afar for your good health and happiness!

Out with the old, in with the new! Sending you our best wishes for better days ahead in 2023!

Wishing you a very joyful New Year despite these difficult times. We really wish things were different and that we could visit you! I hope that the new year brings your family much happiness and prosperity, and that in time the world will be a safe place again. Take care of yourselves and let’s chat soon!

I’m so thankful for all the new year holidays we’ve shared together in past years, and I’m sorry we haven’t been able to visit you this year. I hope you have a wonderful celebration and that we can catch up in 2023.

We wish you a very happy New Year! We know that this past year has been full of challenges, and we pray that the coming year brings more certain times for your family. Sending all our love and good wishes for better days ahead.

Happy New Year to you and your family. We’re so sorry you’ve been ill and hope you are feeling stronger and better every day. May this holiday season offer you time for rest and recovery. Hoping for better days ahead.

Happy New Year Blessings

Sharing a New Year’s blessing with friends and family is a beautiful way to let loved ones know you are praying for them. It reminds us all how God’s presence in our lives can give us strength and courage in times of change. Include a blessing in your New Year wishes and greetings to inspire friends and family at the start of 2023.

May joy and peace surround you,
contentment latch your door,
and happiness be with you now
and bless you evermore!
~ Irish blessing

May there always be work for your hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
~ Irish blessing

Wishing you a blessed New Year! When I count my blessings, I count you twice.

May God shower you and your family with love and happiness! Best wishes and season’s greetings for the New Year.
Wishing you a blessed and prosperous New Year!

May God bless you and your loved ones with prosperity, good health, and happiness in the New Year.

This New Year, may God answer your prayers and fulfill your heart’s desires.

Happy New Year! May your troubles be less, and your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door!

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be ever at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and the rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
~ Irish Blessing

Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Everything is beautiful.
~ Prince

Lord, I have no idea what’s going to happen in this New Year. I pray that you will guide me. Please help me to look to you always, and through everything that I do, may I bring praise and glory to Your name. I thank you, Lord, for another year. Amen.

The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
~ G.K. Chesterton

Look not back on yesterday
So full of failure and regret;
Look ahead and seek God’s way —
All sin confessed you must forget.
~ Dennis DeHaan

In His wisdom God does not show us all that lies ahead. So we enter a new year to live it day by day. Each day let us follow more faithfully, more courageously, more daringly the lead of our great Captain who bids us follow Him.
~ William Thomson Hanzsche

Resolve to make each day the beginning of a new year, a new morning, a new adventure. Enjoy the blessings of a new year, in Christ, one day at a time!
~ Debbie Carroccio

Wishing you a Happy New Year and blessed year ahead. May God’s light guide your way in 2023.

Christian New Year Bible Verses & Scripture

Include an inspiring bible verse in your happy new year 2023 wishes to provide encouragement to Christian friends and family, while you pray for His guidance, comfort, and presence in their lives.

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26

May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
Psalm 20:4

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13

«For I know the plans I have for you,» declares the LORD, «plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.»
Jeremiah 29:11

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6

In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
Proverbs 16:9

Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this.
Psalm 37:4-5

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 Corinthians 5:17

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.
Philippians 1:3-4

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7

Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.
Proverbs 16:20

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
Psalm 107:1

Happy New Year Poems

Each of these Happy New Year poems and short verses is perfect for a New Year’s Eve toast or speech, or to write in a text message as the midnight hour approaches!

Stir the eggnog. Lift the toddy.
Happy New Year, everybody!
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

Another fresh new year is here
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
~ William Arthur Ward

Here’s to the bright New Year
And a fond farewell to the old;
Here’s to the things that are yet to come
And to the memories that we hold.
~ Anon

Let us have wine and women
Mirth and laughter
Sermons and soda-water
The day after.
~ Lord Byron

Congratulations! Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
~ Dr. Seuss

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And old lang syne!
For old lang syne, my dear,
For old lang syne.
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
For old lang syne.
~ Robert Burns

Tonight’s December thirty-first,
Something is about to burst…
Hark, it’s midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!
~ Ogden Nash

Saying «Happy New Year» in Spanish & Different Languages

Want to wish your friends a Happy New Year in a different language? Here are some short phrases to wish your friends Happy New Year in Spanish!

¡Feliz Año Nuevo! — Happy New Year!

¡Feliz Año! — Happy Year!

¡Próspero Año Nuevo! — Prosperous New Year!

¡Feliz 2023! — Happy 2023!

Que tengas un próspero año. — I hope you have a prosperous new year.

Que Dios te bendiga este Año Nuevo. — God bless you this New Year.

You can find many more ways wish someone a happy new year in Spanish on the Fluentu website.

And here is how you wish someone a «Happy New Year» in more languages!

French: Bonne Année

Italian: Felice Anno Nuovo

Portuguese: Feliz Ano Novo

German: Frohes Neues Jahr

Dutch: Gelukkig nieuwjaar

Swedish: Gott nytt år

Danish: Godt nytår

Norwegian: Godt nytt år

Polish: Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku

Russian: S Novim Godom

Hindi: Naya Saal Mubaarak Ho

Arabic: Sanah Jadiduh Saeidah

Japanese: Akemashite Omedetô Gozaimasu (from January 1)

Hebrew: Shanah Tovah (for Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year)

Chinese (Mandarin): Xin Nian Kuai Le or Gong Xi Fa Cai (both Lunar New Year greetings)

Chinese (Cantonese): Gong Hey Fat Choy (Lunar New Year greeting)

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Happy Holidays Wishes (incl. funny)

Christmas Quotes

Christmas Greetings for Cards

Season’s Greetings & Messages

Holiday Messages to Employees

Christmas Messages to Employees

Christmas Poems

Christmas Funny Poems

Religious Christmas Messages

Christmas Religious Poems

Christmas Prayers

Christmas Bible Verses

Kids Christmas Poems

Printable Christmas Cards

More Xmas Cards

Merry Christmas Images

New Year Wishes

New Year Quotes

Happy New Year Images

Easy Holiday Gift Ideas

Check out these beautiful printable gift ideas for Christmas and the holidays. So easy to personalize and print at home!

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