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wishes for the New Year to you all!!!
from your eTwinning friends from Argos, Greece.

Καλησπερίζω φέρνοντας αγέρα μυρωμένο
απ’ τ’ αφρισμένα κύματα χιλιοτραγουδισμένο.
Σ’ αυτό το σπίτι που `ρθαμε πέτρα να μη ραγίσει
κι ο νοικοκύρης του σπιτιού χρόνια πολλά να ζήσει.
Σε όλους σας ευχόμαστε αγάπη, ειρήνη, υγεία
καλή καρδιά, χαμόγελο και Θεία ευλογία.

Kalisperizo fernontas
ayera myromeno
ap ta afrismena kimata hiliotragoudismeno.
Safto to spiti pou
'rthame petra na mi
ragisi
ke o nikokiris tou spitiou hronia polla na zisi.
Se olous sas efhomaste agapi, irini, igia
kali kardia, hamogelo ke thia evlogia.

New Year Carols from Chios island, Greece

With good evening wishes I bring you
scented wind,
sung a thousand times
by the foaming waves.
At this house we just arrived,
no stone will crack and
the landlord will live for many years to come.
To all of you we wish,
love, peace, health,
good heart, smile and divine blessings.

Greece has historically been a country of captains and sailors. It is true that the everyday life of many people has revolved around the sea especially in earlier decades when one or two male members of many families sailed away to make ends meet. The children who stayed back felt nostalgic during the festive season and with simple materials such as wood, paper and pieces of cloth made ships as a symbol of their feeling nostalgic and welcoming back their relatives during the holidays. That is why in earlier times families decorated ships instead of trees and carried them around the houses singing the carols.

Therefore the festive ship was the idea behind the handmade New Year cards and the handmade lucky charm we decided to send you along with our New Year wishes...