Kalanda – Greek Carol Singing
The history of Carol Singing Singing Christmas carols is said to have its origins in ancient Greece. Commencing on the first day of the twelve days of Dionysus, the origins of today’s...
Greeker Than The Greeks
Recipes For Traditional Greek Christmas Sweets
Christmas in Greece, as anywhere else in the world, involves large quantities of food. In any Greek home over the Christmas season, kourabides, melomakarona and dipples, can be found piled high on...
Kallikantzaroi – Greek Christmas Goblins
Many of the same customs and traditions as well as folklore are practiced and believed all over the World no matter where they originated. Through the years the stories have been tweaked...
My Greek Family Christmas
Families have their Christmas customs and traditions last year we started a new one. We have a new addition to the family; sweet Melina, our first Grandchild. Now Christmas is all about Melina....
Recipe – Greek Country Sausage Spaghetti Sauce
Christmas, is just around the corner, so I’m finally making a start on the preparations. MGG (My Greek God) is down in the basement, hunting out the Christmas treasures, the tree is up, but...
Living on Greek Time
τι ωρα ειναι? (Ti ora einai) – what time is it in Greek, not to be confused with Greek Word kairos – the ancient concept of time and opportunity Greeks seem to have no...
A 1970s Christmas – Growing up in Leeds – Yorkshire
Christmas is here again, bringing back memories, some make us happy, some not so happy. My memories are all happy, bittersweet though, most of the people who made my Christmasses ones to be...
Saint Nicholas of Myra – Santa Claus?
How did the good and generous Christian Saint, the good Bishop Nicholas, become the Christmas Santa Claus all dressed up in a Father Christmas outfit? Read on and I shall tell you the...
The Life and Death of Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew’s day is celebrated worldwide on the thirtieth of November. Andrew; the Patron Saint of Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Scotland, was a fisherman and brother of Saint Peter, the first...
Athens Greece – Then and Now
Everybody just loves poring over old photographs, well, I know I do and even more so when I actually know the places depicted in the pictures. After spending time this afternoon, looking at...
