The first Christmas trees appeared sometime in 16th-century Germany, decorated with fruit and sweets for children to pick on Christmas Day. But the whole bring-a-tree-inside-your-home trend started in the USA sometime in the 1850s, and personalities like Thomas Edison – who sold the first Christmas
Vasilópita (Βασιλόπιτα), Greece’s famed New Year’s treat, is, depending on the Greek region it originates from, either a sweet bread or cake, always with a “lucky coin” or trinket at its core. This tradition is rooted in a legend telling of St. Basil surprising poor
