The holiday season brings together two favorite habits: reading traditional fairy tales and listening to Christmas carols from the golden age of pop music.
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President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou received Christmas carollers and exchanged wishes for the holidays at the presidential mansion on Sunday, as every year on Christmas Eve.
Santa may be about to don his big red suit, hitch up the reindeer to the sleigh and take off from the icy north pole, but things are done a little differently in Thessaloniki. Bringing some festive cheer to the northern city, over 30 people on SUPs took to the waters of the Thermaic Gulf on Saturday dressed in Santa outfits.
At the most wonderful time of the year, there is one tradition that John Maguire remembers fondly: his Liverpudlian grandmother trying to scare the daylights out of him.
To welcome the year in a jolly and oriental mood with the sounds of the oud and the violin, join the festivities at the Mousiko Kafeneio (2 Feidiou) in the heart of Athens.
Christmas in Athens holds countless hidden gems. These insider tips will help you immerse yourself in the holiday spirit, with or without children.
“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz, was a one-of-a-kind wonder when it premiered on television in 1965, and remains so almost 60 years later.
The Electra Palace (electrahotels.gr) will be hosting a Christmas gala in its ballroom with live music from the Karaviotis brothers on December 23.
A couple takes a selfie in front of a Christmas decorated electronic store at Syntagma square in Athens, Tuesday.
In celebration of the festive season Gazarte (gazarte.gr) is hosting “Jazz Christmas with Crazy People Music” on Boxing Day, a hearty journey into the world of jazz, funk and New Orleans’ second-line tradition.
The Pangrati Project (thepangratiproject.com), a youth community dedicated to revitalizing downtown Athens through culture, invites you to their Christmas Bazaar supporting strays!
Stores’ opening hours will be extended as of Tuesday to facilitate Christmas shopping.
For those to whom Christmas means getting glammed up, fine dining and and no washing up, a gala certainly beats cooking at home.
The Dolli Hotel (thedolli.com) will be hosting a different kind of Christmas at its Acropolis-gazing 360 rooftop restaurant and cocktail bar.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation First Run is coming up and will be awaiting all at the starting line at the cultural center’s Esplanade.
The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America’s secular Santa Claus figure is known worldwide – but Saint Nicholas’ origin story is not.
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