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In Greece, Orthodox countries which had adopted the Gregorian calendar, we celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25 and not on January 7 as Russia. The period of the festive season begins on Christmas Eve and the Epiphany goes up, it spreads over a period of 12 days referred to as “dozen”. Christmas in Greece is less important than the feast of Easter.
On Christmas Eve, a frugal meal Eve closes a period of fasting for 40 days. It lies down early to attend mass, which begins at four o’clock in the morning. On 25 December, the return of the church, the whole family eats honey, dried fruit and the “Christopsomo” (literally “bread of Christ”) kind of nut cake that the lady of the house has prepared the day before and when she took care to leave the imprint of his hand symbol mark the fingers of Christ, proof he was born.
Traditionally, every house s’ornait of a model wooden boat decorated with a wreath light candles or small. The boat is the traditional emblem of Christmas in Greece. The Christmas tree made its appearance in Greece in 1839. In the Orthodox Church, it does not use the crib. On Christmas Day, the family went to the cemetery, a priest sang a psalm to the memory of the disappeared.
Gifts are not distributed at Christmas, but on January 1, when people were
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