Typical New Years Greetings in French

The  French really know how to celebrate New Years. Indeed, New Years in France is not just a day, or a day and an evening, but an entire season. Saying Happy New Year in French involves knowing basic New Years greetings as well as learning French New Years greetings related to the season. Typical French New Years Greeting In English, you say Happy New Year. But the French generally dont say new when wishing someone a great year. Instead, in French, you say only happy year, as in: Bonne annà ©e Happy New Year The French usually follow this expression with a phrase that literally translates as have a good health, as in: Bonne santà © Good health to you. To really understand how to send New Years greetings, its helpful to learn that in France, citizens celebrate the New Years (or holiday) season for more than a month.   Sending Greetings for the Upcoming Year The holiday season in France starts with la Saint Nicolas on Dec. 6. The holiday season actually ends on  Three Kings Day  (lEpiphanie)  when you typically eat une galette des rois  (a wafer of kings) on Jan. 6. Confusing matters even more, its customary to wait to send out your good wishes for a French happy (new) year until the end of January. These examples show what you might write on greeting cards to your French friends wishing them a happy new year. Toute la famille se joint à   moi pour vous souhaiter une joyeuse annà ©e 2019: que la santà ©, lamour et la rà ©ussite vous accompagnent dans tous vos projets.   The whole family joins me in wishing you a joyful year in 2019: Let health, love, and success be with you in all your projects.Une annà ©e se termine, une autre la remplace: voici une merveilleuse occasion de vous adresser tous mes vÅ“ux de bonheur et de rà ©ussite.   A year ends, another one replaces it: Here is a marvelous occasion to send you all my wishes for happiness and success.Je te souhaite une trà ¨s bonne annà ©e 2019, pleine de projets, de rencontres et de belles surprises.   I wish you a very happy 2019, full of projects, encounters, and beautiful surprises. Putting the New in French Happy New Year Though you dont say new when wishing someone a happy new year on Dec. 31 or Jan. 1, you can slip the word in when sending someone a card wishing her well at the end of the holiday season, as in: Tous nos vÅ“ux pour  cette  nouvelle  annà ©e,  ils  portent en  eux  lexpression  dune  sincà ¨re affection. All our wishes for this new year. They carry the expression of my deepest friendship.Nous vous envoyons tous nos meilleurs vÅ“ux pour la nouvelle annà ©e et vous embrassons bien fort. Sending you all our kisses  for the new year.Que te souhaiter de mieux que la santà © dans ta vie, la prospà ©rità © dans ton travail et beaucoup damour tout au long de cette  nouvelle  annà ©e.   What best could we wish you more than health in your life, prosperity in work, and lots of love throughout the New Year?