Christmas Customs Christmas Customs from all over Greecefrom all over Greece

What does Christmas mean for us?What does Christmas mean for us?

• Festive tunes, children's fiction, fragrances from household kitchens, bonfires, bells, games of chance, Christmas boats and Christmas trees, disguises and goblins, give these days their own distinct color in all areas, but even the small pockets of Greek territory.

• Everybody is prepared for the birth of Christ, the revenions have a field while families and groups of friends growing up and the streets and squares are illuminated and inundated with people. Every area these days has its own unique customs.

The feeding fountainThe feeding fountain

• In Central Greece midnight on Christmas Eve becomes the "feeding" tap. Around dawn, the girls go to the nearest tap and get the silent water, since previously there let butter, cheese, or baked wheat or olive branch.

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• In Grevena they light up a big log in a corner on Christmas Eve and then the fire burns up until the Lights to protect the family from evil.

““The mThe marriage ofarriage of the the fire fire’’’’

• On Christmas Eve in many parts of Greece they "marry" the fire. They get a timber with feminine name, eg. cherry and one with a male name, usually spiny trees. The spiny trees, according to a popular perception, remove demonic creatures, such as goblins.

The CarolsThe Carols

• Carols are a Greek custom which exists even today with the children wandering from house to house two or more children together singing the carols with a triangle or guitar, accordion, lyres or harmonicas accompaniment.

• Children wander from house to house, knock on the doors and ask, " Shall we sing? ". If the response from the landlord or landlady is positive, they sing the carols for a few minutes ending with the wish " Merry Christmas . " The landlord rewards them with some amount of money , while in the past they used to give them honey cakes or buns .

A project made by:A project made by:

• Papaiosif Hara

• Rekka Stavroula

• Poupoulidou Anastasia