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Christmas in Greece
To most Greek Christians, who belong to ..................Eastern Orthodox Church, Christmas
is..................second most important festival of the year, after Easter. .................Christmas trees are
not common in Greece. ..............symbol of Christmas in most homes is .............bowl of water
and ................cross with some of the herb basil around it. On ............Christmas Eve, village children
go from house to house and sing kalanda, the equivalent of carols. ................children are given
sweets and dried fruit. People give each other presents on..............St Basils Day, which is
on.............first of January. On this day there is also ..............ritual when all ..............water jugs in the
house are emptied and filled with ................new St Basils water