New Year's Toasts:
 As we start the New Year,
Let's get down on our knees
to
thank God we're on our feet. (Irish)
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Here's to a
bright New Year
And a fond farewell to the old;
Here's to things that
are yet to come
And to the memories that we hold.
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In the New Year,
May your right hand always be stretched out in
friendship,
but never in want. (Irish)
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May all
your troubles in the coming year be as short as your New Year's resolutions.
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Every country has their own version of a short toast.
Here are a few:
American: Cheers!
Austrian: Prosit.
Brazilian: Saœde. Viva.
Chinese: Nien Nien nu e. Kong
Chien. Kan bei. Yum sen. Wen lie.
Danish (Swedish, Norwegian): Skal.
Dutch: Proost. Geluch.
Finnish: Kippis. Maljanne.
French: A votre sant. Sant.
German: Prosit. Auf ihr wohl.
Greek: Eis Igian.
Hawaiian: Okole maluna. Hauoli maoli oe. Meli
kalikama.
Hebrew: L'Chaim.
Hungarian: Kedves egeszsegere.
Italian: A la salute. Salute. Cin cin.
Irish: Slante!
Japanese: Kampai. Banzai.
Mexican: Salud.
New Zealand:
Kia ora.
Polish: Na zdrowie. Vivat. Sto Lot.
Russian: Na
zdorovia.
Spanish: Salud. Salud, amor y pesetas y el tiempo para
gustarlos! (Health, love and money and the time to enjoy them!)
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Toasts to Friends:
 May you have warm words on a cold evening,
A full moon on a
dark night,
And the road downhill all the way to your door.
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Never lie, steal, cheat or drink,
Unless you lie in the arms
of someone you love,
Steal time away from someone who does not know how to
use it,
Cheat death,
Or drink with me for I am your friend.
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Here's to the four hinges of society.
May you fight,
steal, lie and drink.
When you fight, may you fight for your country.
When you steal, may you steal away from bad company.
When you lie, may you
lie at the side of your sweetheart.
And when you drink, may you drink with
me.
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Here's to the four hinges of Friendship --
Swearing, Lying, Stealing and Drinking.
When you swear, swear by your
country;
When you lie, lie for a pretty woman;
When you steal, steal
away from bad company;
And when you drink, drink with me.
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Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind
me, I may not lead.
Walk beside me, and just be my friend. (Irish)
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Friendship's the wine of life,
Let's drink of it and
to it.
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Here's to a friend. He knows you well and
likes you just the same.
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Here's to cold nights, warm
friends, and a good drink to give them.
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Here's to our
friendship;
May it be reckoned
Long as a lifetime,
Close as a
second.
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 Old friends are scarce,
New friends are few;
Here's
hoping I've found
One of each in you.
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Pour deep
the rosy wine and drink a toast with me;
Here's to three: Thee, wine and
camaraderie!
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The Lord gives us our relatives,
Thank God we can choose our friends.
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To friends: As
long as we are able
To lift our glasses from the table.
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May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the foresight
to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you've gone too far.
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As you slide down the banister of life
May the
splinters never face the wrong way.
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Don't worry about
the future,
The present is all thou hast,
The future will soon be
present,
And the present will soon be past.
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May
you always work like you don't need the money;
May you always love like
you've never been hurt; and may you always dance
like there's nobody
watching. (Jack Canfield)
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Make new friends, but keep
the old;
 These are silver, those are gold.
New-made friends, like new
wine,
Age will mellow and refine.
Brow may furrow, hair turn gray,
But friendship never knows decay. (Art Linkletter)
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May our house always be too small to hold all of our friends.
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May good fortune precede you, may love walk with you, may good
friends follow you.
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May you get all your wishes but
one so you will always have something to strive for.
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May your glasses ever be full.
May the roof over your head be always
strong.
And may you be in heaven half an hour
before the devil knows
you're dead.
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Always remember to forget
The
things that make you sad.
But never forget to remember
The things
that made you glad.
Always remember to forget
The friends that
proved untrue.
But never forget to remember
Those who have stuck by
you.
Always remember to forget
The troubles that passed away.
But never forget to remember
The blessings that came each day.
May the blessings of each day
Bet the blessing you need most.
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May your troubles be less
And your blessings be more.
And nothing but happiness
Come through your door.
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May you be poor in misfortune,
 Rich in blessings,
Slow to make enemies,
And quick to
make friends.
But rich or poor, quick or slow,
May you know nothing
but happiness
From this day forward.
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Who is a
friend but someone to toast,
Someone to gibe, someone to roast.
My
friends are the best friends
Loyal, willing and able.
Now let's get
to drinking!
Glasses off the table!
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May your
neighbors respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you
And heaven accept you.
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Here's hoping you live
forever, and mine is the last voice you hear.
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Champagne Toasts:
Here's to champagne, the drink divine,
That makes us forget
our troubles;
It's made of a dollar's worth of wine
And three dollars
worth of bubbles.
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A jolly good smoke, a nicely turned
joke,
A handful of trumps when you play;
A drop of old wine,
champagne that's fine,
And a run of good luck from today.
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 Christmas Toasts:
A Christmas wish -
May you never forget
what is worth
remembering
or remember
what is best forgotten.
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Here's to the holly with its bright red berry.
Here's to
Christmas, let's make it merry.
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Here's to all of us,
Good bless us everyone!
(Tiny Tim's toast from Charles Dickens' A
Christmas Carol)
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Wishing you more happiness
Than
all my words can tell,
Not just alone for Christmas
But for all the
year as well.
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Holly and ivy hanging up
And
something wet in every cup. (Irish)
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May you live as
long as you wish, and have all you wish for as long as you live. This is my
Christmas wish for you.
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Then let us be merry and
taste the good cheer,
And remember that Christmas comes but once a year.
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May peace and plenty be the first
To lift the
latch on your door,
And happiness be guided to your home,
By the
candle of Christmas.
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