Greek New Year's Eve Custom
Culture
Celebrate the New Year in Traditional Greek Style
The city of Athens will welcome the New Year with live music at Syntagma Square on Saturday night and an all-night party with DJs at the Varvakeios Municipal Market.
Festivities at Syntagma Square will start at 22:30, where...
Diaspora
Pomegranates, Onions and Other Greek New Year's Eve Customs
New Year's celebrations in Greece include some customs and superstitions that may seem strange, but they go back ages. The big difference in celebrations between Greece and other countries is that New Year's Day is also a Christian holiday,...
Greece
Podariko: The New Year's Custom Is Still Alive
The first custom to take place with the advent of the New Year in Greece is called “podariko” (from the root pod-, or foot), which equals to what the Northern British and the Scottish call “first foot”. According to...