List of dates for other years Upcoming holidays in Greece Holidays in Greece 2025 Holidays in Greece 2026 New Year’s Day, which is on January 1, marks the start of the year in the Gregorian calendar and it's a public holiday in many countries. Count down to the New Year, no matter ...
In recent years elaborate firework displays have been established in the central squares of the cities throughout Greece. They are organized responsibly by the various municipalities, who also put up festive decorations and sponsor musical events for the Eve’s celebrations. New Year’s celebration w...
In Greece, New Year’s Eve is celebrated by baking a traditional bread known asVasilopitathat comes with a special surprise: a “sweet coin” baked into the bread (or cake in some cultures). It’s a coin wrapped in tin foil and dropped randomly into the bread; whoever gets the lucky ...
5. Greece (希腊) Onions have symbolized unity, fertility, and regrowth for hundreds of years in Greece. On New Year’s Day, many Greek families hang onions in their homes in hopes of attracting those aspects in the new year. 几百年来,洋葱在希腊象征着团结、生育和再生。新年那天,许多希腊家庭...
Changing new years The new year happens at a different time every year in some cultures. The Islamic new year is based on a lunar calendar. This means it follows the cycles of the moon. The 365 day calendar is based on the movement of earth ...
根据第一段“In years past, many people would travel over New Year’s Eve and immerse (沉浸) themselves in a different culture. Countries around the world celebrate the new year with unique customs and traditions carried out at the celebration.(在过去,许多人会在新年前夜旅行,沉浸在不同的文化...
Greece: Onions have symbolized unity, fertility, and regrowth for hundreds of years in Greece. On New Year’s Day, many Greek families hang onions in their homes in hopes of attracting those aspects in the new year. Haiti: January 1st is actually Haiti’s Independence Day, so they celebra...
The Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year in East Asia typically fall around late January or early February. While most Lunar New Years of other cultures is celebrated on the first new moon following the winter solstice, Chinese New year is observed on the second new moon after the winter ...
Greece welcomes New Year Greece welcomed the New Year with fireworks and a series of festive events, assuming the rotating EU Presidency with hope for brighter days after years of recession. In Athens, people flooded the pedestrian area beneath the Acropolis hill celebrating until the early hours ...
"We are very pleased to welcome a group of Chinese artists as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations. The event is free to the public and is sold out. Next year the event, which during the last three years only took place in Athens, will probably last two days," Stelios Konstantin...