Christmas traditions in Greece
12.12.2019
Christmas traditional food of Greece Melomakarona & Kourabiethes Cookies
Kallikantzaroi
According to the Greek version of the universal myth of evil spirits, our world connects to the underworld through a tree. The evil spirits, or kallikantzaroi, spend their year beneath that tree, sawing their way into the outer world.
Christmas Boat
With a maritime history since antiquity, Greek wives and children used to decorate small boats to show their thankfulness for their husbands and sons coming back from the sea and having been spared from disaster.