O le taulaga o Peteleema, lea e masani ona olaola i le faamanatuina o le Po o le Kerisimasi, na foliga mai ua tuufua i aso nei, Tesema 24. O Peteleema o loo taoto i le 10 kilomita i saute o le aai o Ierusalema, i le laueleele maupuʻepuʻe lafulemu o le Nuu Paia. Talu mai le itiiti ifo i le senituri lona 2 TA ua talitonu tagata o le nofoaga o loo i ai le Ekalesia o le Fanau Mai o Iesu, Peteleema, o loo tu nei i le mea na fanau ai Iesu.

O teuteuga masani o aso malolo ma le agaga o aso malolo sa le i ai i le Manger Square, ma le maitauina o le leai o ni turisi mai fafo e masani ona potopoto e faamanatu lea aso. Na vaaia le leoleoga a le puipuiga a Palesitina i le sikuea gaogao, ma o nisi o faleoloa meaalofa na tatalaina mulimuli ane i le afiafi ina ua uma le timu.

E ui lava i le tulaga faigata, e toalaiti tagata tafafao maimoa na vaaia i Peteleema. O le tausaga lenei o le nofoaga na fanau mai ai Iesu e leai se laau Kerisimasi ma moli Kerisimasi ina ua uma ona faaleaogaina tausamiga o le Kerisimasi.

O le Kerisimasi e tatau ona avea ma taimi sili ona matagofie o le tausaga mo le silia ma le 2.38 piliona Kerisiano.

E tele naua pese Kerisimasi matagofie, ae atonu na faaliliuina e Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World lenei agaga i tagata uma, sosoo ai ma faafeiloaiga o le Kerisimasi i le silia ma le 100 gagana.

Ose Lalolagi Matagofie

Ou te vaʻai i laʻau lanu meamata - O rosa mumu foʻi - Ua ou vaʻaia ua fuga mai - Mo aʻu ma oe - Ma ou te mafaufau ia te aʻu lava Oka se lalolagi matagofie

Ou te iloa atu le lagi o le lanumoana - Ma ao paʻepaʻe - Le aso susulu manuia - Le po pogisa paia - Ma ou te mafaufau ia te aʻu lava - Oka se lalolagi matagofie.

O lanu o le nuanua - E manaia tele i le lagi - O loʻo i luga foi o foliga - O tagata o loʻo ui atu - Ou te vaʻai i uo o lulu lima - Fai mai, "O a mai oe?" – Latou te fai mai moni lava – Ou te alofa ia te oe

Ou te faalogo i pepe o fetagisi - Ou te matamata i lo latou tuputupu ae - E tele mea latou te aʻoaʻoina - Nai lo le mea ou te iloa
Ma ou te mafaufau ia te aʻu lava - Oka se lalolagi matagofie - Ioe, ou te mafaufau ia te aʻu lava - Oka se lalolagi matagofie - Oi, ioe

Fa'afeiloa'iga Kerisimasi mai Aferika:

Afrikaans (Aferika i Saute, Namibia) Geseënde Kersfees
Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin) Afishapa
Amharic (Atiopia) Melikam Gena! (መልካም ገና!)
Ashanti/Asante/Asante Twi (Ghana) afehyia pa
Chewa/Chichewa (Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
Moni Wa Chikondwellero Cha Kristmasi po'o le Kerisimasi yabwino
Dagbani (Ghana) Ni ti Burunya Chou
Edo (Nigeria) Iselogbe
Ewe (Ghana, Togo) Blunya na wo
Efik (Nigeria) Usoro emana Keriso
Fula/Fulani (Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Togo, Guinea, Sierra Leone) Jabbama be salla Kirismati
Hausa (Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo) barka dà Kirsìmatì
Ibibio (Nigeria) Idara ukapade isua
Igbo/Igo (Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea) E keresimesi Oma
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo) Noheli nziza
Lingala (DR Congo, Rep Congo, Central African Republic, Angola) Mbotama Malamu
Luganda (Uganda) Seku Kulu
Maasai/Maa/Kimaasai (Kenya, Tanzania) Enchipai e KirismasNdebele (Zimbabwe, Aferika i Saute) Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni
Shona (Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana) Muve neKisimusi
Soga/Lasoga (Uganda) Mwisuka Sekukulu
Somali (Somalia, Djibouti) Kirismas Wacan
Sotho (Lesotho, Aferika i Saute) Le be le keresemese e monate
Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya, DR Congo, Uganda) Krismasi Njema / Heri ya Krismasi
Tigrinya (Atiopia ma Eritreia) Ruhus Beal Lidet
Xhosa/isiXhosa (Afelika i Saute, Zimbabwe, Lesotho)
Krismesi emnandi
Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin) E ku odun, e ku iye'dun
Zulu (Afelika i Saute, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland) uKhisimosi oMuhle

Fa'afeiloa'iga o le Kerisimasi mai le lalolagi atoa

Afganistan (Dari) Kerisimasi Mubarak (کرسمس مبارک)
Albanian Gëzuar Krishtlindjen
Alapi Eid Milad Majid (عيد ميلاد مجيد) O lona uiga ‘Mamaluina le Tausamiga Fanau Mai’
Aramaic Eedookh Breekha O lona uiga ‘Ia manuia lau Kerisimasi’
Armenian Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ) O lona uiga ‘Faafetai mo le Fanau Paia’
Azerbaijani Milad bayramınız mübarək
Belarussian Z Kaljadami (З Калядамі)
Belgium :
Dutch/Flemish Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Falani Joyeux Noël
Siamani Frohe Weihnachten
Walloon djoyeus Noyé
Bulgarian Vesela Koleda
Cambodia (Khmer) Rik-reay Bon Noel (រីករាយ បុណ្យណូអែល)
ōmea
Mandarin Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快乐)
Cantonese Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂)
Cornish Nadelik Lowen
Croatian (ma Bosnia) Sretan Božić
Czech Veselé Vánoce
Tenimaka Glædelig Iul
Esperanto Feliĉan Kristnaskon
Estonian Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Atu Faroe (Faroese) Gleðilig jól
Finelani Hyvää joulua
Falani
Falani Joyeux Noël
Breton Nedeleg Laouen
Corsican Bon Natale
Alsatian E güeti Wïnâchte
Siamani Frohe Weihnachten
Eleni Kala Christouyenna poʻo Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Georgian gilocav shoba-akhal c’els poʻo გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს
Greenland
Greenlandic Juullimi Pilluarit
Tenimaka (fa'aoga foi i Greenland) Glædelig Iul
Guam (Chamorro) Felis Nabidåt po'o Felis Påsgua po'o Magof Nochebuena
Guernsey (Guernésiais/Guernsey French/patois) bouan Noué
Haitian Creole Jwaye Nowel
Hawaiian Mele Kalikimaka
Hungarian Boldog karácsonyt (Manuia le Kerisimasi) poʻo Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket (aso fiafia o le Kerisimasi)
Icelandic Gleðileg jól
Initia
Bengali (e tautala fo'i i Bangladesh)   shubho bôṛodin (শুভ বড়দিন)
Gujarati       Anandi Natal poʻo Khushi Natal (આનંદી નાતાલ)
Hindi Śubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस) poʻo prabhu ka naya din aapko mubarak ho (Manuia le Aso Fanau Le Atua)
Kannada kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು)
Konkani Khushal Borit Natala
Malayalam Kerisimasi i le mangalaashamsakal
Marathi       Śubh Nātāḷ (शुभ नाताळ) poʻo Natal Chya shubhechha
Mizo Krismas Chibai
Punjabi        karisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਾਲ਼ਿਾਲਾੰ ੇ)
Sanskrit Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa
Shindi         Aso Kerisimasi
Tamil kiṟistumas vāḻttukkaḷ (கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள்)
Telugu Kerisimasi Subhakankshalu
Urdu krismas mubarak (کرسمس)
Initonesia Selamat Natal
Iran
Farsi Kerisimasi MobArak
Kurdish (Kumanji) Kirismes pîroz be
Irish – Gaelic Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Isaraelu – Eperu Chag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח) o lona uiga ‘Manuia le tausamiga o le Fanau mai’
Italia
Italia Buon Natale
Sicilian Bon Natali
Piedmontese Bon Natal
Ladin Bon/Bun Nadèl
Jamaican Creole/Patois Merri Crissmuss
Iapani Meri Kurisumasu (poo ‘Meri Kuri’ mo le faapuupuuga!)
Hiragana: めりーくりすます
Katakana: メリークリスマス
Jersey (Jèrriais/Jersey Farani) bouan Noué
Kazahk Rojdestvo quttı bolsın (Рождество құты болсын)
Korea ‘Meri krismas’ (메리 크리스마스) poʻo le ‘seongtanjeol jal bonaeyo’ (성탄절 잘 보내요) poʻo ‘Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo’ (즐걤지요) )
Latina Felicem Diem Nativitatis (Aso Manuia o le Fanau Mai)
Latvian Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus
Lithuanian Linksmų Kalėdų
Maketonia Streken Bozhik poʻo Среќен Божик
Madagascar (Malagasy) Tratra ny Noely
Maltese Il-Milied it-Tajjeb
Meleisia (Malay) Selamat Hari Krismas po'o Selamat Hari Natal
Manx (tautala i le Motu o Tagata) Nollick Ghennal
Mekisiko (Sepaniolo le gagana autu)
Nahuatl (tautala e le au Aztec)
Cualli netlācatilizpan
Yucatec Maya Ki'imak “navidad”
Montenegrin Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Ua soifua mai Keriso
Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – fanau moni (tali)
Native American / First Nation Languages
Apache (Sisifo) Gozhqq Keshmish
Cherokee Danistayohihv &Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvasadisv
Inuit Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi
Navajo Nizhonigo Keshmish
Yupik Alussistuakeggtaarmek
Nepali Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (क्रस्मसको शुभकामना)
Netherlands
Dutch Prettige Kerst (Manuia le Kerisimasi), Zalig Kerstfeest poʻo Zalig Kerstmis (o lona uiga o le Kerisimasi Fiafia) poʻo le Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Kerisimasi Fiafia)
West-Frisian (poʻo Frysk) Noflike Krystdagen (Aso fiafia o le Kerisimasi)
Bildts Noflike Korsttydsdagen (Aso mafanafana o le Kerisimasi)
Niu Sila (Māori) Meri Kerisimasi
Norwegian God Jul po o Gledelig Jul
Filipino
Tagalog Maligayang Pasko
Ilocano Naragsak nga Paskua
Ilonggo Malipayon nga Pascua
Sugbuhanon po'o Cebuano Maayong Pasko
Bicolano Maugmang Pasko
Pangalatok po'o Pangasinense Maabig ya pasko po o Magayagan inkianac
Waray Maupay Nga Pasko
Papiamentu – tautala i le Lesser Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, ma Bonaire) Bon Pascu
Polani Wesołych Świąt
Potukale Feliz Natal
Romanian Crăciun Fericit
Rusia s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рождеством!) poʻo
s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Счастливого рождества!)
Sami (Sami i Matu) – tautala i vaega o Nouei, Suetena, Finelani ma Rusia Buorit Juovllat
Samoan Manuia Le fesoasoani
Sikotilani
Scots Blithe Yule
Gaelic Nollaig Chridheil
Serbian Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Ua soifua mai Keriso
Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – fanau moni (tali)
Slovakia Veselé Vianoce
Slovenia po'o Slovenian Vesel Božič
Somali Kirismas Wacan
Spain
Sipaniolo (Españo) Feliz Navidad po’o Nochebuena (o lona uiga ‘Po Paia’ – Po o le Kerisimasi)
Catalan / Asturian / Occitan Bon Nadal
Aragonese Feliz Nadal
Galician Bo Nadal
Basque (Euskara) Eguberri on (o lona uiga ‘Manuia le Aso Fou’)
Sranantongo (tautala i Suriname) Swit’ Kresneti
Sinhala (tautala i Sri Lanka) Suba Naththalak Wewa (සුබ නත්තලක් වේවා)
Suetena Atua Iul
Sueteselani
Suiselani Siamani Schöni Wiehnachte
Falani Joyeux Noël
Italia Buon Natale
Romansh Bellas festas da Nadal
Thai Suk sarn lapatai Kerisimasi
Turkish Mutlu Noeller
Ukranian ‘Веселого Різдва’ Veseloho Rizdva (Manuia le Kirisimasi) po’o le ‘Христос Рождається’ Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Ua Fanau Mai Keriso)
Vietnamese Chúc mừng Giáng Sinh
Uelese Nadolig Llawen