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Armenian New Year is the most anticipated, bright and magical event for Armenian families, local Armenians in Armenia and of course those around the world. Get ready to say “Happy New Year in Armenia” when you visit Armenia.
In many countries, New Year’s celebrations begin on the evening of December 31st and continue throughout the next day of January 1st. There are some New Year’s customs that are common in many countries, like traditional New Year dishes, special organized parties, fireworks, etc.
There is a very typical Armenian tradition and a kind of events in New year’s celebration. It’s called guest-host tradition.  Usually, in other countries, people celebrate new year for one or two days and then go back to their usual daily routine.
In Armenia, New year celebration starts on December 31st late at night and the event continues for the whole week. When it’s 12 o’clock, family members congratulate each other, drink something and then, “guest-host chain” starts.

People visit each other’s houses during the whole week. There is even a special chronological order of visiting houses. Everything starts with the most honorable people. For example, a person always visits his/her parents’ house the first, godfathers/godmothers come the second and so on.
The country that has a special guest-host tradition, of course, also has special dishes for New Year’s table like a party. There are some must-have dishes and delicacies that have symbolic significance for Armenian families.

Guests cannot leave the table with the feeling of hunger, because, as a rule, they should eat everything that housewives offer, otherwise they will be offended.

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Why Do Armenians Celebrate Christmas on January 6th?
"Armenian Christmas," as it is popularly called, is a culmination of celebrations of events related to Christ's Incarnation. Theophany or Epiphany (or Astvadz-a-haytnootyoon in Armenian) means "revelation of God," which is the central theme of the Christmas Season in the Armenian Church. During the "Armenian Christmas" season, the major events that are celebrated are the Nativity of Christ in Bethlehem and His Baptism in the River Jordan. The day of this major feast in the Armenian Church is January 6th. A ceremony called "Blessing of Water" is conducted in the Armenian Church to commemorate Christ's Baptism.

It is frequently asked as to why Armenians do not celebrate Christmas on December 25th with the rest of the world. Obviously, the exact date of Christ's birth has not been historically established-it is neither recorded in the Gospels. However, historically, all Christian churches celebrated Christ's birth on January 6th until the fourth century.

According to Roman Catholic sources, the date was changed from January 6th to December 25th in order to override a pagan feast dedicated to the birth of the Sun which was celebrated on December 25th. At the time Christians used to continue their observance of these pagan festivities. In order to undermine and subdue this pagan practice, the church hierarchy designated December 25th as the official date of Christmas and January 6th as the feast of Epiphany. However, Armenia was not effected by this change for the simple fact that there were no such pagan practices in Armenia, on that date, and the fact that the Armenian Church was not a satellite of the Roman Church. Thus, remaining faithful to the traditions of their forefathers, Armenians have continued to celebrate Christmas on January 6th until today.

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I wish you Mery Christmas 🎉

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Hello my name is  Jannis.On Christmas Day I go with my Familie to my grandparents . Then we go in the city, because there are musicians.Then we go home . Then Find gifts under  the Cristmas tree . Than we eat, and then we unpack the gifts. I wish you a merry christmas

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Hello my name is  Jannis.On Christmas Day I go with my Familie to my grandparents . Then we go in the city, because there are musicians.Then we go home . Then Find gifts under  the Cristmas tree . Than we eat, and then we unpack the gifts. I wish you a merry christmas

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My family organizes a fancy family lunch. After lunch, my cousin dresses up as Santa and gives out all the presents.

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On Christmas day we first open presents and then we have a family lunch usually at my grandparents' house. Merry Christmas xo

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Christmas day is usually spent with my family. We have lunch, open presents and sing Christmas carols. MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!! XOXO

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On Christmas eve, me and my family go to midnight mass  and after mass we open the presents and have breakfast together. on Christmas day we usually go out together

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