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Christmas In CyprusGreek Christmas
Greek Traditions for Christmas in CyprusChristmas is celebrated as a religious holiday and on Christmas Eve everyone goes to church and many children go from house to house singing seasonal carols (kalanda).
Traditional Greek Christmas Food in CyprusAn enormous amount of cooking and hard work goes into Christmas as it's one of the most joyous times of the year. Loaves of Christopsomo (Christ Bread) are eaten on Christmas Eve and dishes such as stuffed turkey (Γαλοπούλα γεμιστή), chicken and roast lamb are traditionally eaten on Christmas day.Also very popular are the traditional mezes and cakes such as kourabiedes (Κουραμπιέδες - small almond cakes coated in icing sugar), melomakarona (Μελομακάρονα - honey cakes) and Finikia (Φοινίκια - walnut cakes).
Greek New Year in Cyprus![]()
Greek Christmas and PomegranatesOver the Christmas period pomegranates are eaten and also used for decoration. Pomegranates are associated with Greek mythology and Persephone and the Underworld and they're also a symbol of joyous times, good fortune, fertility and prosperity and associated with the gods Demeter, Aphrodite, and Hera.
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