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🌟 Learn more about the traditions that make Christmas celebrations special in Greece, via GNA:
https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/christmas-traditions-greece/
🎨 Image: "Christmas Carols" (1872) by Nikephoros Lytras (1832-1904); learn more about the painting: http://tinyurl.com/ybb9anba
🌟 Learn more about the traditions that make Christmas celebrations special in Greece, via GNA:
https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/christmas-traditions-greece/
🎨 Image: "Christmas Carols" (1872) by Nikephoros Lytras (1832-1904); learn more about the painting: http://tinyurl.com/ybb9anba

