Writing a postcard for christmas :)
Dear all,

I would like to send some postcards on christmas to Icelandic friends. So I have different questions ;)

1. Is there actually a nickname for the women's name "Lára"?

2. How do you say "Thank you for the good/great time!"? Is it possible to say "Takk fyrir góðan tíminn!"?

3. How do you say "I wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year!"?

4. How do you send greetings? I only learnt "Með bestu kveðju", but this is too formal.

A lot of questions! Thank you in advance for helping! :)

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Writing a postcard for christmas :)
Dear all,

I would like to send some postcards on christmas to Icelandic friends. So I have different questions ;)

1. Is there actually a nickname for the women's name "Lára"?

2. How do you say "Thank you for the good/great time!"? Is it possible to say "Takk fyrir góðan tíminn!"?

3. How do you say "I wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year!"?

4. How do you send greetings? I only learnt "Með bestu kveðju", but this is too formal.

A lot of questions! Thank you in advance for helping! :)

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1. No.
2. I don't know. Maybe: Takk fyrir góðar samverustundir-Thank you for times spent together (Some things don't really have a direct translation to Icelandic and vice versa)
3. Gleðileg jól og farsælt komandi nýtt ár.
4. Bestu kveðjur/Kveðju/Kv.

Hope this helps :)

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Not yet - I'm supposed to go there in August. I really hope everything works out!

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Takk fyrir! Are you already in Iceland to study?! :)

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I can answer two of your questions. I hope this helps!

3. Gleðileg jól og farsælt komandi ár!
4. "Kveðja" alone isn't too formal