Christmas trees, more than anything else, signify the festive holiday season across the globe. But in Greece, a small, Mediterranean country with strong bonds with the sea, a very old Christmas tradition is being revived.
Thousands of blue and white lights mixed with nostalgic feelings of a centuries-old tradition. The Greek Christmas boat. It takes center stage –for the first time- in the main square of Athens…as municipalities replace the Christmas tree in several squares across Greece with a unique custom of this seafaring nation. |
And it goes beyond the country’s squares. Many Greeks now prefer to decorate a boat instead of a tree for Christmas. At this hostel, its Greek owners decided to hold on to tradition and also teach foreign travellers about Greece’s cultural heritage.
We love Greece and join with our East European colleagues: we offer to rent yachts all together next year and go to have a rest on the Islands, because Greece is one of the most popular summer yacht Charter destinations.