christmas carols
Greece
Christmas and New Year’s Carols From All Over Greece
Greece is steeped in fascinating holiday traditions, with its Christmas carols, or kalanda, being some of the most heartwarming seasonal customs.
Every year, Greeks anxiously await Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and January 5, the day before the Epiphany, when...
Culture
Seven Christmas Customs That Are Uniquely Greek
Most Christmas customs like the Christmas tree, singing the carols or exchanging gifts that are observed in Western countries have become universal
Europe
The Christmas Tree Is a Tradition Older Than Christmas
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Why, every Christmas, do so many people endure the mess of dried pine needles, the risk of a fire hazard and impossibly tangled strings of lights?
By Troy Bickham
Strapping a fir tree to the hood of my car and worrying...
Greece
Children Sing Christmas Carols to Greek Politicians
Alexis Tsipras
Following a longstanding tradition, children from schools all over Athens sang Christmas carols to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his wife Betty Baziana at the Maximos mansion on Monday morning, Christmas Eve day.
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Tsipras sat with the children at...
Greece
Children Sing Christmas Carols to PM Tsipras
Children from the national kindergarten, the music school of Ilion and the association "Kostilata" from the city of Arta sang the Christmas carols to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Maximos mansion on Thursday.
The prime minister along with...
Australia
Students Excelling in Greek Language Awarded
Students who excelled in learning Greek in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) examinations were awarded by the Greek Community of Melbourne during the established annual celebration of Christmas, which took place this year at the beautiful new community building...
Australia
Melbourne Greeks Enjoy Greek Carols
The event Christmas Carols 2012 organized on an annual basis by the Archdiocese of Australia for the past 30 years, drew thousands of Greeks to hear Christmas melodies and carols from their homeland.
The sweet music from Handel’s Oratorio Messiah...