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New Year Celebrations in Greece
This beautiful city which bursts with life, is an amazing amalgam of people, Greek and foreign. A mixture of well-preserved traditions with modern and foreign elements and this, is what I believe, makes New Year in Athens so special! If … Continue reading
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Vasilopita – New Year’s Day Custom
One of the most interesting and still alive Greek traditions related to New Year’s Day is the Vasilopita custom. The word Vasilopita means St. Basil’s bread or cake or pie. Saint Basil the Great was the archbishop of Caesarea of … Continue reading
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Christmas & New Year in Athens
10 Top Events in Athens from December 20th to January 2nd Being in Athens during Christmas holidays is a great chance to enjoy alongside the Greek Christmas spirit through interesting cultural events which will brighten your stay and will enrich … Continue reading
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Yummy Greek Christmas Sweets Recipes!
Have you ever tasted the delicious, buttery Kourabiedes that melt in your mouth or Melomakarona, biscuits with honey syrup and walnuts? Both of them are very popular Greek Christmas sweets! If yes, you are lucky and we are sure that you … Continue reading
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Vassilopita – New Year’s Day Cake
Vassilopita is a New Year’s Day cake, which contains a hidden coin or trinket. It is considered to give good luck to the receiver, like the Western European king cake. It is associated with Saint Basil‘s day, January 1st, in most … Continue reading
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The Vasilopita Tradition and St. Basil
My grandmother baked tsoureki twice a year, on New Years Day and on Holy Saturday. On New Years it was in the form of a thick round Vasilopita with a shiny new coin hidden in the soft dough, commemorating Saint … Continue reading
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There is still time for Christmas Cheer
This year I had a mild case of the before Christmas blues but strong doses of Christmas music, Christmas baking, long midnight Christmas decoration evaluation walks in the brisk December air and cinnamon-apple tea quickly remedied that. I am happy … Continue reading
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Let’s Have Christmas Tomorrow
When my son was little he asked me one day “Mommy when are you going to make the snowball cookies?” I would look at him with a loving smile and say “ Dimitri – we make the snowball cookies when … Continue reading
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