To everyone on the Forum who celebrates or observes it:
Been a great Welsh year for me. I’ve survived the 6-Month course, finished the Levels and Courses, had Welsh conversations with new friends via Slack, started to understand bits of Radio Cymru, and ordered a snack at the Welsh cafe in Manchester!
Diolch yn fawr iawn to all who have helped me (and many others) with these achievements.
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I no longer celebrate it in a religious sense, although members of my family and extended family do.
Nadolog Llawen i chi gyd a Blwyddyn Newydd dda! 
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Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb! Merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) and a very happy and healthy New Year to everyone! 
I’m so grateful to @aran, @CatrinLliarJones, @Iestyn and Cat, and to this whole community - You have not only made my Welsh journey possible, but feel like my friends. All the best to all of you!
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Nadolig llawen to you all.
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Nadolig Llawen pawb
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Nadolig Llawen!
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Nadolig Llawen! 
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Nadolig llawen! 
And maybe it doesn’t make sanse but I enjoy the sound of it, so also…Buon Nadolig a tutti! 
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Nadolig Llawen bawb
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Love the subtle mutation which I did not know before. Diolch, GarethKing.
Nadolig Llawen, bawb!
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Nadolig llawen iawn i chi gyd! 
Ww… it’s almost 2019… which must mean almost 10th PARTY TIME… 
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Could some tell me please, when do you use “i gyd” and when “pawb”?
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Sorry, someone!
I think i gyd is All and pawb is Everyone.
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This is how I understand the difference but you should know that I live in the United States and grew up listening to my Grandmother, who was from Tennessee, using phrases like ‘We us’ins’ and ‘You all (y’all).’
If I know the group of people I’m saying Merry Christmas to, I use ‘I chi gyd.’ In contrast, if the group consists of relative strangers, I use ‘pawb.’ That may not be the “Welsh way” but it is certainly consistent with my upbringing.
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Thats a new one on me. It sounds slightly scouse or Scottish like Youse or yins. I also like young’ns.
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I think it is similar to ‘yins.’ in the sense of describing a group of people. The Southern “y’all” is the equivalent of the Scottish ‘yins,’ as I understand it.
‘We us’ins’ is a colloquial phrase to define a specific group of people performing some action together. For example, one could say, “We are going to the game.” Alternatively, “We us’ins is going to the game.”
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Pawb = everybody, i gyd = all.
Remember to place i gyd after the things it refers to:
y plant i gyd - all the children
chi i gyd - all of you
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Thank you everyone.
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