My Families Traditions
In my family every new year (31 December - 1 January (0:00) ) we celebrate something called "protochronia" in greek. it means the first day of the year. We all usualy gather at my aunts house (My Family, Their Family, Friends, Relatives, etc.) We all start showing up at around 8, eat, watch tv, wait for time to pass until it is almost 12 and all the chanels at that time show the countdown till the new year. Once it is exactly 12, we turn all the lights off and on a couple of times, and the exchange gifts, and for good luck somebody has to go out of the house, ring the bell, and come back in. then, we go outside to the balcony, we put a pomegranate in a bag, and we hit it as hard as we can and if it brakes (the pomegranate) it means that you will have good luck during the following year. My family also celebrates christmas. We put up the christmas tree, all the ornaments and stars and lights (usualy at night) and we plug it in! i also have a smaller christmas tree in my room. then on the day of christmas everyone puts their gifts to everyone under the christmas tree. Something else that me and my family celebrate is easter. During easter we make a big basket full of boiled eggs that are red (egg paint) and we have a big lunch with relatives and friends. We each take an egg and hit our egg with someone elses and the winner is the one whose egg does not break.
In my family every new year (31 December - 1 January (0:00) ) we celebrate something called "protochronia" in greek. it means the first day of the year. We all usualy gather at my aunts house (My Family, Their Family, Friends, Relatives, etc.) We all start showing up at around 8, eat, watch tv, wait for time to pass until it is almost 12 and all the chanels at that time show the countdown till the new year. Once it is exactly 12, we turn all the lights off and on a couple of times, and the exchange gifts, and for good luck somebody has to go out of the house, ring the bell, and come back in. then, we go outside to the balcony, we put a pomegranate in a bag, and we hit it as hard as we can and if it brakes (the pomegranate) it means that you will have good luck during the following year. My family also celebrates christmas. We put up the christmas tree, all the ornaments and stars and lights (usualy at night) and we plug it in! i also have a smaller christmas tree in my room. then on the day of christmas everyone puts their gifts to everyone under the christmas tree. Something else that me and my family celebrate is easter. During easter we make a big basket full of boiled eggs that are red (egg paint) and we have a big lunch with relatives and friends. We each take an egg and hit our egg with someone elses and the winner is the one whose egg does not break.
