Today, 28 days ago Christmasits center of Athens he will wear his holiday clothes and in Syntagma Square will turn it on Christmas tree and they will start a series of events in the city. The 20 meter fir comes from a nursery in Taxiarchis Chalkidiki. Will turn it on at 18:00 the mayor of Athens Harry Doukasin an event that will be hosted by Nancy Zampetoglou and him Thanasis Anagnostopoulos and Christmas carols with the Nefeli Fassoulis and her Athens Big Band. The celebratory lighting event will be open to everyone, as it will take place with a parallel performance in Greek sign language by Polybius Kosmatos.

Centered around the Christmas tree, which this year has the most decorations, the decoration of the entire city is inspired by children’s imagination. Syntagma Square in particular is transformed into a setting taken from classic fairy tales, full of countless stars, elves and heroes such as the Nutcracker. By adopting low-energy LED lighting, the ecological footprint of the holidays is reduced, achieving at least 55% energy savings.

More areas and landmarks of the city will be illuminated, such as Ermou Street, from Fokianou to Aiolou, KAPAPS Park in Ampelokipi, Papandreika Settlement, Drakopoulos Park, Tralleon Street and the two entrances to the National Garden, utilizing the decoration of the previous years in all neighborhoods of Athens. Finally, for the first time, a Light Gate with Nutcrackers will be placed at the entrance of Ermou from Syntagma.

The 20-meter natural fir of the nursery, after the holidays, will be given to the Academy of Fine Arts to be used as raw material for artistic woodcarving projects for its students. Some of its ornaments are made from 100% recycled PET plastic.