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Merry Christmas!!

Emel Kamile CETINDAS Çamlidere CPAL Çamlidere/ANKARA, TURKEY

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Merry Christmas!!
Emel Kamile CETINDAS Çamlidere CPAL Çamlidere/ANKARA, TURKEY

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Merry Christmas from 6th Junior High School Petroupolis Greece

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Merry Christmas from 6th Junior High School Petroupolis Greece

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Merry christmas

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Merry Christmas from Amaliapolis Kindergarden, Greece

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Merry Christmas from Amaliapolis Kindergarden, Greece

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Christmas decoration in our classrom, Mandra (Larissa), Greece

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Christmas decoration in our classrom, Mandra (Larissa), Greece

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Christmas decoration in Catholic primary school, Šibenik, Croatia

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Christmas decoration in Catholic primary school, Šibenik, Croatia

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The snow

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Our decorations...waiting for Christams. Italia

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Joy and light, in our classroom. (Adina Marcu-the teacher and the students)

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My snowman.

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Asma albgur

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Our teacher and students decorate a short break corner before short holiday.

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Our teacher and students make a tree library in the classroom.Students like the books and reading in this way.

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We have decorated our classroom all teacher in my school do that . And the pest decoration take a gift .

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Snowman made of cardboard boxes. The project is carried out by the students of the third and fourth grades.

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Winter Birds (Kauno Stepono Dariaus ir Stasio Girėno gimnazija, Lithuania)

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Winter Birds (Kauno Stepono Dariaus ir Stasio Girėno gimnazija, Lithuania)

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!!

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We have decorated our classroom and windows

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Hello!

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Evangelia Papathanasiou

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We are a group of nine Primary students aged 6 to 8. In our English lessons, we made a giant Christmas tree to decorate our school.

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In Georgia, every food is a must-have. Our SUPRA has it all. A large table ”furnished” with various, colorful and mouth-watering dishes is usually as beautiful as a decorated New Year’s tree. It is believed that you should greet the New Year with generosity, so this is what most of the Georgians do.  Despite having such variety and a plenty of choice to decide on the list of “What should we cook on December 31st”, there are certain recipes we can not ever avoid while getting ready for the New Year.

*Nut-lovers, this is your heaven.

1. Satsivi –  Turkey with walnut sauce.The thick sauce is a mix of walnuts, garlic, spices and herbs. It is the crown of the fest, one of the most delicious food you can try in Georgia. This dish is served chilled, as the name itself says : tsivi – cool/cold.

2. Gozinaki – Caramelized walnuts, fried in boiled honey, sometimes with a sprinkle of pepper and few drops of vinegar, cooled and cut into rhombus shapes – this is the reason everybody waits until the midnight, because you can not get a crunchy bite of this deliciousness before the New Year.

3. Basila – Sweet, human shaped cake with raisins, a nearly forgotten custom , but a very interesting one. This tradition mostly comes from eastern Georgia and is a combination of pagan cult and Christian saint Basil.  This sweet bread represented the idea of fertility together with the celebrated ritual.

hazelnut tree

Photo Source: georgianjournal

In addition to decorating the common New Year’s tree – the green one, we have our special festive décor called Chichilaki. Instead of sparkly toys with diverse designs, Chichilaki is mostly decorated with flowers and an assortment of fruits. This Christmas tree is made from dried walnut or hazelnut brunches. It is processed until it gets fluffy and curly shavings. Chichilaki is a tree of luck and is burnt (on the day before the Georgian Orthodox Epiphany, on January 19) as a symbol of leaving out the previous year’s troubles and misfortunes .