Christmas customs, Epirus

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"The lighted kermes oak" When Christ was born and the shepherds went to worship, the night was dark. They found dry kermes oak somewhere and cut its ...

Christmas customs, Thessalia

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"To taisma tis vrysis" (The ‘feeding’ of the water fountain") The young girls, the dawn of Christmas and the New Year's Eve in other places, go to ...

Christmas customs, Kyklades

Anastasia Nisiotissa
In the Cyclades islands, the celebrations for "Dodekaimeron" (Christmas, New Year's Day, and Epiphany) have a special, unique identity, which varies ...

Christmas customs, Lesvos

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«CHRISTMAS CAROLS» On the evening of Christmas, the priest and the children chant Christmas carols and songs in the forum of the village or in the ...

Christmas customs, Samos

Anastasia Nisiotissa
On Christmas days, they make all the desserts to sweeten the newborn Christ while they are slaughtering the pork to make the so-called "pihti", that ...

Christmas customs, Dodekanisa

Anastasia Nisiotissa
"Choirosfagia", "giaprakia"and diples" The inhabitants of the Dodecanese honor the traditional pork meat for the days of the Festives, while in ...