{"id":7945,"date":"2025-04-29T14:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koufonisia.mydtales.gr\/?page_id=7945"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:11:34","slug":"xristougenna-prwtoxronia-theofania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/koufonisia.gr\/en\/xristougenna-prwtoxronia-theofania\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7945\" class=\"elementor elementor-7945\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b86cc09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b86cc09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b1351e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b1351e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cd1759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"5cd1759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8cd76a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8cd76a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597410a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"597410a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6482940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6482940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christmas and New Year are welcomed in Koufonissi with colorful decorations and lights.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e9fcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14e9fcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Starting on December 6th, the feast day of Saint Nicholas, the island is decorated with Nativity scenes, Santa Claus with gifts for young and old, and New Year\u2019s themes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Christmas Eve and New Year\u2019s Eve,<\/strong>in the afternoon, children go from house to house singing carols.&nbsp;<\/p><p><b>On New Year\u2019s Day,<\/b> residents who wish to take part\u2014usually around 50 people\u2014gather and sing carols from house to house, accompanied by violin and lute. Homeowners offer them rakomelo, raki, or whatever else they have to share.<\/p>\n<p><b>On the day of Epiphany,<\/b>the Divine Liturgy continues at the harbor. The priest throws the Cross into the sea to bless the waters, and any willing believers dive in to retrieve it and return it to his hands. After the service, the Cross is placed on a metal tray decorated with flowers. 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