Greek people celebrate Christmas on December 25th, right?

Question

I ask this as some Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7th, so just to check when I should send a Christmas greetings to a Greek friend of mine.

Answer 1

Most of the greeks (including me) celebrate Christmas on December 25th. However, there are some Greek people who count the days with the old calendar (they are called παλιοημερολογίτες) and their holidays are 13 days after the holidays of the orthodoxes. That's why they celebrate X-mas 13 days after the usual, on January 7th. Παλιοημερολογίτες are most of the Greek people who come from Pontos, in Russia.

Answer 2

Yes and No

Most Greek orthodox celebrate it on the 25th some (few) others (along with Russian, Serbian and Bulgarian orthodox) on the 7th.

our santa claus comes on the 1st of january so do what some other guy said send him a present for New years Day.

Ps if you send it by Greek post it will arrive late January so youre safe

Answer 3

I have a friend who is Greek, and he does celebrate Christmas on December 25th. However, just because someone is Greek does not mean that they all have the same religion. Such as, Jewish people do not all follow Jewish customs. It depends on one's on religion and belief. The first site I listed talks about Greeks, but the second one is just for fun. Good luck! Hope this helps. I think it would be safe to say that if your friend celebrates Christmas, then it is on the 25th. Merry Christmas! :)

Answer 4

No, its on 25 December.
People who use the old calendary celebrate it 13 days later, but few people in Greece use the old calendary.
For ActingSarah: I believe a 97% of Greek ppl have the same religion (Christian Orthodox)

Answer 5

Yes, December 25th.

Answer 6

Yeah

Answer 7

yeah its on 25th of december

Answer 8

Split the difference, send it on new years day.

Answer 9

yeap, that's right