“тнσѕє ωнσ ∂ση’т вєℓιєνє ιη мαgι¢ ωιℓℓ ηєνєя ƒιη∂ ιт”
– яσαℓ∂ ∂αнℓ
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“тнσѕє ωнσ ∂ση’т вєℓιєνє ιη мαgι¢ ωιℓℓ ηєνєя ƒιη∂ ιт”
– яσαℓ∂ ∂αнℓ
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A Greek Christmas Tradition
While people across the world are decorating their Christmas trees, many Greeks opt for the Greek tradition of decorating a small boat. Greece was always a maritime country and, in the past, the majority of men worked as fishermen or sea men. For many centuries, Greeks have been decorating small wooden boats in order to express their gratitude for the safe return of their loved ones who were travelling at sea for the rest of the year.
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“It is amazing what one ray of sunshine can do for a man!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in full Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky, Dostoyevsky also spelled Dostoevsky (born November 11 [October 30, Old Style], 1821, Moscow, Russia—died February 9 [January 28, Old Style], 1881, St. Petersburg), Russian novelist and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart, together with his unsurpassed moments of illumination, had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction. Read MORE
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