Christian folklore

The trial of an Athens police officer who assaulted a volunteer dressed as Santa Claus at a public Christmas event in Halandri and then gave a Nazi salute has been postponed until February 25.

A lawyer representing the officer requested a postponement, as he said his client was being treated at Evangelismos psychiatric clinic, on the order of a prosecutor.

Christmas means joy, warmth, family moments, and gifts for our loved ones and ourselves. Often, we are faced with the challenge of choosing the right gifts. Therefore, this year we will consult the most expert… Santa Claus!

In a plant nursery near Thessaloniki, a Greek family is preparing to distribute nearly 150,000 poinsettias ahead of Christmas, with the majority going to foreign markets. 

Salomi Economidi is a classic case of a genuine talent who did not want to follow in her parents’ professional footsteps but instead was driven by the artistic concerns she had from an early age.

Santa may be about to don his big red suit, hitch up the reindeer to the sleigh and take off from the icy north pole, but things are done a little differently in Thessaloniki.

Bringing some festive cheer to the northern city, over 30 people on SUPs took to the waters of the Thermaic Gulf on Saturday dressed in Santa outfits.

The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America's secular Santa Claus figure is known worldwide - but Saint Nicholas' origin story is not.

The legends surrounding jolly old St Nicholas - celebrated annually on December 6 - go way beyond delivering candy and toys to children.

WHO WAS ST NICHOLAS?

Saint Nicholas served as Bishop of Myra until his death and burial there in A.D. 343

An excavation team has unearthed the exact place of the tomb of Saint Nicholas, also known as "Santa Claus," and the floor on which he walked, inside the St. Nicholas Church in the southern province of Antalya's Demre district.

Harley Davidson bikers dressed in Santa Claus costumes rode through the streets of central Tokyo on Dec. 20 for their annual parade against child abuse, saying more children were vulnerable in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

He rides a reindeer-drawn sleigh, makes toys in the North Pole with the help of elves and brings gifts to children through chimneys. Father Christmas is an indispensable part of Christmas every year across the world. But little is known that he was a native of what is today Antalya, a tourist hotspot on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.