We live in Cyprus, and 3 out of our 4 grandparents are Cypriot, so we do have alot of greek traditions, for example our Father Christmas (Ayios Vasilis) comes on New ears Eve, so we get our present from him on New Years Day. We do open presents on Christmas day too, so we get lots of presents, and things to look forward to in the holiday season :)
On Christmas Eve, family gathers in one house and we eat a potato and hot dog soup that my grandfather picked up the recipe of when he was stationed in Germany. Here is a link to a Jamie Oliver recipe that is similar to our family recipe :) Kartoffelsuppe We also eat sausage rolls, and mince pies . We play board games like monopoly, sing carols and generally have a good time :D
On Christmas day we like to get up early and open PRESENTS!! We have to wait until 7am (which can be really hard when you are excited, and want to open your presents) and then wait until all the grownups have a cup of coffee in their hand (otherwise they can be very grumpy!). We open presents and then have a big english breakfast, something similar to this , and usually we drink orange juice, lots of tea, and the grownups might drink bucks fizz (fresh orange juice mixed with champagne).
After breakfast, people get washed up, and dressed in their Christmas outfits, while Daddy gets on with the cooking. On our Christmas feast, we have a huge roast turkey, accompanied by steamed veggies, one or two different salads, roast potatoes, but also Koupepia, and Makaronia tou Fournou. This meal can take hours, as we greeks like to talk, drink and eat..basically we like to PARTY!
Dessert would be a traditional english christmas pudding , and a chocolate bread and butter pudding and also something like a fruit platter or something for those who dont want anything too heavy to finish off their meal.
Boxing Day we like to go to the snow (if there is any) we have to drive around 45 minutes to the highest point on our tallest mountain (not very tall haha) this is fun, because it is cold up there and we get to play in the snow, but when we come home, the sun is shining and we can run around in our tshirts.
How do you spend YOUR holidays??
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