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New Year's Eve in Turkey(Real Turkey :) )

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New Year's Eve in Turkey(Real Turkey :) )

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Muslim Turks do not celebrate Christmas .They are only watching tv,playing games in Eve. Secular Muslim Turks do celebrate the new year.They are celebrate the new year in Istanbul/Taksim (Especially).Turkish people love Lottery ticket.I bought 10 tickets for  New Year.(I dunno why i do that) Wish me luck :)
Fatih Mehmet Canan

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On New Year's Eve the home entertainments concentrates mainly on card games . The reason probably for this is the so called Guri ( Luck) . Which means that if you win that night the new year will bring you luck . At 12 O' clock the lights will be switched off  for a few seconds and every one will go out to see the fireworks .

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The second are rosewater and fresh butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar that are normally served on New Year's but many start eating them earlier.

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Vasilopita is a cake that is eaten on New Year's Day. Before the cake is baked, a coin covered in foil is placed in it. The New Year is written on top of the cake with almonds. The person who cuts the cake makes the sign of the  cross three times above it and then starts serving the pieces, one to each  person, the house, hrist, the Virgin Mary and Saint Vasileios. Whoever has the coin in his piece of cake will have luck for the  rest of the year.

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Melomakarona and kourabiedes are two varieties of Christmas and New Year's cookies in Greece.The first are cinnamon and clove cookies drenched in honey.

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All over Greece, the hog slaughter is a winter event, making pork a natural choice as the traditional meat of the season.

Fresh soft  (or ricotta as a substitute) in pastry is a Christmas tradition on the island of Crete.

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On 1st January we throw a pomegranate at our doorstep. We believe it brings good luck!
Geraldo.Beqiri
Dionysis.Bushi

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For Greeks, Agios Vasilis (Saint Vasilis) was a Greek bishop of Caesarea  who helped poor families in 379 AD by giving them money and food.
Nowadays Agios Vasilis is believed to bring children their gifts at midnight 31st December. However, today children believe in the Santa Claus with the red costume.    Thanasis Sarakatsianos      Evdoxia Michtatidou

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24 DECEMBER plays carols with a triangle until 31 december

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The carnival is a tradition that lasts from 31st December until the 2nd January. Everyone can dress whatever they want and they go out in the streets dancing and drinking. On the last day they all put on the same outfit and they celebrate from evening until the next morning.
Geraldo.Beqiri
Dionysis.Bushi

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On that day we celebrate Epiphany , a priest throws a cross in the water (lake,river, the sea) and some men dive in the freezing water   to catch it. It is believed that it is a great blessing to find the cross. In the photo you can see Epiphany in the lake of Kastoria.zoe

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In our days, just like all the people we decorate a christmas tree
Vaggelis,Fotis

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On 24th December children go from house to house and they sing the carols with a triangle (see the picture). People used to give them sweets in the past and money nowadays. The same happens on 31st December.kostas lefteris

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we have traditionally sweet melomakarona

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CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IN GREECE,IN THE PAST

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CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IN GREECE,IN THE PAST

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In Greece in the past we used to decorate a boat, not a christmas tree,because greece back then was a big marine power.
Vaggelis ,Fotis