Christmas Readings
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CHRISTMAS STORY
Listen to songs:
Advent (Winter Lent) Carol
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkcOYQDKtFY
Silent Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_pVK0qj3Vk
Saying Merry Christmas: Season's Greetings
PROPHECY: Isaiah The Root Of Jesse
PROPHECY: Isaiah Despised & Rejected
John the Baptist's Birth & Mary's Song
Matthew 2 Matthew's Account
Luke's Account
Story of Wise Men Matthew 2:1-12
THE STORY IN CHEROKEE LANGUAGE
ᎤᎾᏕᏘᏱᏍᎬᎢ / CHRISTMAS
In the western tradition, the First Day of Christmas begins on December 25.
The 12th Day of Christmas is January 5 (twelfth night)
Epiphany (aka Mountain Christmas or Little Christmas) is January 6th.
The old calendar has about a 13 day difference, putting December 25th on our new Calendar as January 7th.
GREETINGS:
Cherokee Language lesson Eastern (Giduwa) Dialect
Merry Christmas,
Peace on Earth,
May you know peace this Christmas,
Happy New year
not all of it translates directly...
ulihelisdi (h)unadetiyisgvi is Merry Christmas (literally- they are having a happy birthday)
dohi is peace
gesesdi and haisesdi are possessives of peace in different tenses
elohi is earth /world
atse is new nole is and &
hadetiyihv is basically the months of the year or a calendar year
The COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS:
Advent is the period preceding the Christmas season.
It begins on the Sunday nearest November 30, the feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle, and covers four Sundays. Because the day it begins changes from year to year, so does the length of each Advent season.
Count 40 Days before December 25th to determine when to begin Fasting for Christmas.
This comes out to about November 11th.
The word advent, from Latin, means “the coming.”
For centuries, Advent has been a time of spiritual reflection as well as cheer and anticipation. Even as the Christmas season has become more secular-with advertisers urging holiday gift-givers to buy and buy some more-Advent still brings joy and the observance of ancient customs.
Christian families find quiet moments lighting candles in the Advent wreath, and children use Advent calendars to count the days until Christmas.
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
'U-li-he-li-s-di 'U-na-de-ti-yi-s-gv-i http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLh__ptm_o
This is how you say "Merry Christmas!" in the Giduwa dialect.
Literally, it means Happy Their Birthday Celebration- an elder told me it refers to the trinity- and the birth of Jesus.
From what I'm told,
this is how you say "Merry Christmas!" in the Western Dialect
ᏓᏂᏍᏔᏲᎯᎲ
Danistayohihv
Literally, it means when they shoot firecrackers and refers to winter celebrations.
I was told by one person that you could see one ['U-li-he-li-s-di 'U-na-de-ti-yi-s-gv-i] as "Merry Christmas!"
and the other [Danistayohihv] as "Happy Yuletime!"
However you say it,
remember this season and consider donating to the MP3 project.
This project allows a fluent speaker the time to review a verse to make sure that what is typed online is correct- that it matches what is in the printed Bible-
and also to record it so it can be heard.
What a wonderful gift you could give your friends and family!
To have a verse recorded in their honor would have
Much more eternal value than any other gift you might give!
To donate a verse for someone for Christmas, or any other time, go to
Here is a small gift to you-- "SILENT NIGHT" sung in Cherokee--
its recorded slowly to facilitate learning it too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_pVK0qj3Vk
Happy New Year!
ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎢᏤ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᎠᏌᏗᏒ
Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvasadisv