Christmas eve

Ten million euros will be distributed on Christmas Eve to 10,000 lucky taxpayers through a lottery the finance ministry is basing on purchases or payments made by taxpayers electronically or through cards. The lottery covers receipts from January to November...

  In current days and mostly in big cities, Christmas in Greece very much resembles the holiday celebrations from other areas in the world. Massive travel, easy access to worldwide media, and globalization have standardized and spread many traditions from...

Shop-owners have reported an increase in customer traffic until Christmas Eve, but a drop in the volume of sales especially in the major Greek cities. It has been estimated that Christmas holiday turnover will reach 6.8 billion euros, which is 800...

Children around the world wait all year long for the time to come, when Santa Claus will bring them gifts during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve. The omnipresent, joyous, white-bearded man dressed in red most of...

Despite the economic turmoil in Greece, many Greek tourists celebrated Christmas in Bulgaria's mountain resort of Bansko. According to the local mountain rescue service, "The town was quite crowded. All ski runs were open and safe". "We chose Bansko, because the...