Syntagma Square Christmas 2025 Calendar. Athens Mayor lights Syntagma Square Christmas Tree (photos) ProtoThema English While in Athens for Christmas, take advantage of the stores extended opening hours (including 3 Sundays for shopping) to make Christmas shopping easier during the month of December. This year, the lighting of the big tree in Syntagma Square takes place on Thursday, November.
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By the first week of December, Christmas trees will have appeared on every Athenian square (the main one is lit ceremoniously on Syntagma Square).But it wasn't so long ago that the more traditional karavaki (small boat) was the yuletide centrepiece, adorned with lights and ornaments The Christmas tree for 2024 was lit in Athens' Syntagma Square last Thursday night
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Syntagma square will be the hub of numerous live music performances from December 20 - 28, starting in the morning with orchestral ensembles, followed by gigs by up-and-coming bands and in the evenings featuring concerts by eminent Greek artists such as Nikos Portokaloglou, Evridiki and ENORASIS. Although the Christmas tree is a recent tradition, every year Athens strives to erect one of the tallest Christmas trees in Europe Then welcome 2025 on New Year's Eve in Syntagma Square with a festive show by Phoebus Delivorias and others, presenting a musical and theatrical journey through Athens' history
Christmas Tree Lights Up in Syntagma Square Greece Is. Numerous free events take place in Athens (choirs, shows…) The Christmas tree for 2024 was lit in Athens' Syntagma Square last Thursday night
Christmas in Athens Syntagma square YouTube. Haris Doukas, the mayor of Athens, and Nikos Chardalias, the governor of the Attica region, where Athens is. Athens is set to usher in 2025 with an unforgettable celebration at Syntagma Square on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, December 31.