Christmas and New Year

Navidad^NFP - Christmas

Spanish	English
¡Feliz Navidad!	Merry Christmas!
Navidad/DíaNM de Navidad	Christmas Day
navideño(a)ADJ	Christmas related
serieNF (de lucesNFP)	Christmas lights / string lights / string of lights
nacimientoNM/Belén[nm]	Nativity
árbolNM (de Navidad)/árbol de pascuaNF	Christmas tree
muñecoNM de nieveNF	snowman
esferaNF	(spherical) ornament
coronaNF	wreath
henoNM	hay
regaloNM	present
moñoNM	bow
botaNF	stocking
duendeNM	elf (Santa's little helpers)
Santa Clos / Papá Noel	Santa Claus
trineoNM	sledge / sled / sleigh
renoNM	reindeer
Rodolfo (el reno de la narizNF roja)	Rudolf (the red-nosed reindeer)
nochebuenaNF	poinsettia
NocheNF BuenaNF	Christmas Eve
piñataNF	piñata
muérdagoNM	mistletoe
brindisNM	toast
chimeneaNF	chimney
campanaNF	bell
cascabel NM	(jingle) bell /sleigh bell
velaNF	candle
bastónNM de carameloNM	candy cane
copoNM de nieveNF	snowflake
tarjetaNF de Navidad	Christmas card
juguetesNMP	toys
reyesNMP magosNMP (Melchor, Gaspar y Baltasar)	the (three) Wise Men (of/from the East) / the (Three) Kings (from the Orient) / the Magi (Caspar/Gaspar/Jaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar)
oroNM	gold
inciensoNM	frankincense
mirraNF	myrrh
escarchaNF (Mexico)	frost / tinsel / garland
espumillónNM (Spain)	garland
AñoNM NuevoNM	New Year
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!	Happy New Year!
Año Viejo	Old Year
NocheNM Vieja	New Year's Eve
fuegosNMP artificiales	fireworks
propósitosNMP de año nuevo	New Year's resolutions
envolturaNF de regaloNM/papel[g]nm de regalo	gift wrap / wrapping paper
felicitaciónNF	greeting
villancicoNM	Christmas carol
panNM de frutasNFP/pan de pascua	fruitcake
galletaNF de jengibreNM	gingerbread
aguinaldoNM	Christmas bonus

[wrholt]

Originally Posted by JPablo

...
Yes, "paja = hay, straw"

Erm, actually, hay and straw are not quite the same thing. "Paja" is straw, not hay. "Heno" is hay.

"Straw" is the stalks of cereal plants from which grain and chaff have been removed. It has a variety of uses, especially livestock bedding and fodder, fuel, thatching and basketmaking.

"Hay" is any combination of grasses, legumes or other herbaceous plants that has been cut, dried and stored for use as animal fodder.

(Sayeth the man who spent many a summer afternoon during his teens helping put up thousands of bales of hay, only to pull them out from the barns during the winter to feed the cows and horses. We weren't commercial farmers, but after six summers of putting up 3000+ bales each summer I will NEVER think of "hayrides" as "fun".)

[JPablo]

Good point!
El que sabe, sabe... y si no... pa cabo.