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Christmas Customs

09/12/2025 / Σχολιάστε

Greece

  • Kalanda (Carols): Children sing carols door-to-door on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and Epiphany for money or treats.
  • Christmas Boats (Karavaki): Traditionally, decorated boats symbolize Christmas, though trees are now common too.
  • Nativity Fast: A 40-day fast (mid-Nov to Christmas Eve) ending in feasts.
  • New Year Focus: Gifts for children are exchanged on New Year’s Day (St. Basil’s Day).
  • Vasilopita: A New Year’s cake with a hidden coin for luck.
  • Pomegranate Smashing: Breaking a pomegranate on the doorstep on New Year’s Day for fertility and good fortune.

 

The UK

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  • Father Christmas: Children write letters and hang stockings for gifts.
  • Christmas Crackers: Pulled at dinner for paper hats, small toys, and jokes.
  • Christmas Dinner: A large feast, often turkey, is central on December 25th.
  • Christmas Tree & Mistletoe: Widely decorated, with mistletoe for kissing.
  • Pantomime: Traditional Christmas theatre.