Christmas Customs: Breaking the pomegranate

Christmas Customs: Breaking the pomegranate

A wonderful Greek custom begins with the pomegranate. It is not a coincidence that all the homemade, crates in our grocery stores, and all the food shops are decorated by these wonderful fruits these days.

The pomegranate is a symbol of fertility, rebirth and prosperity for thousands of years and can be traced back in Greek mythology.

For the above reason, when the clock during New Year’s Eve strikes twelve, all the