The corridors of Children’s hospitals were filled with fairy tales and melodies that warm the heart “Saint Sophia” and “Aglaia Kyriakou“, with the little patients enjoying Christmas carols, gifts and unique performances.

This is the action organized by the Culture, Sports and Youth Organization of the Municipality of Athens, which formed a group of young and talented actors to bring the spirit of Christmas to the two Children’s hospitals of Athens.

It all started in the event hall located right between the two hospitals with the phrase “Shall we meet?”. Within minutes, the often silent corridors of the Children’s took “color” and the carols began to sound. This was followed by the show which had the theme of goblins planning in the underworld how to… destroy Christmas. But something magical happens and the goblins finally get close to people, love each other and become lonely.

However, not all the children hosted at the Children’s Center were present at the performance and the carols that were presented in the event hall. Many remained in their beds. But no one would leave them unsatisfied. The “company» of goblins he then took the corridors and visited every roomin each clinic, among them, the surgery and her oncologicalreports Orange Press.

The children – of different ages, but also the parents and nurses who were taking a festive “breath”, seemed to enjoy every moment, every note and conversation. The play was performed many times, but it always ended in the same way. With the song -which had once been arranged by Alcinoos Ioannidis and Tzimis Panoussisin verse of the second – “me and you together”:

“Me and you together
When your luck will be fleeting
and you away from your warm bed
Then remember the golden tip
Me and you together.”

The president of OPANDA Eleni Zontirouwho was present at Paiden at the time of the emotional performance, assured that the exact same action will take place on New Year’s. It should be noted that the artistic supervision of OPANDA’s Christmas activities has been undertaken by Maria Papagianni, Lili Lamprelli and Ava Chalkiadaki.

The “Fairytale Houses” in seven squares of Athens

It is worth noting that the municipality of Athens and OPANDA this year created the “Houses of Fairy Tales” in the squares of the capital. The action takes place in the squares of Agios Pavlos, Messolonghi, Jacqueline de Romiguy, Thymarakia, Agios Andreas (Labrini), Agios Panteleimons and Agios Thomas, with favorite artists and athletes telling, at one o’clock in the afternoon, their favorite fairy tales.

Their next stops:

Tuesday 24.12.24
Kouloukakou Antigoni / AGIOU ANDREA SQUARE

Thursday 26.12.24
Rita Antonopoulou / PL. SAINT ANDREA

Friday 27.12.24
Thomaidis Kostas / PL. MESOLOGNIOU
Dimitris Papanikolaou / PL. JACQUELINE DE ROMIGY
Vicky Arvaniti-beach volleyball champion / PL. AGIOU PANTELEIMONA

Saturday 28.12.24
Karystinos Antonis/ AGIOS ANDREAS
Maksouri Christina / PL. JACQUELINE DE ROMIGY
Tatiana Zografou, Nefeli Fasouli and Yiannis Lekkopoulos /PL. AGIOU PANTELEIMONA

Sunday 29.12.24
Vergo Larissa / PL. JACQUELINE DE ROMIGY
Fani Halkia / PL. SAINT THOMAS

Monday 30.12.24
Louizidou Renia / PL. SAINT THOMAS

Tuesday 31.12.24
Kouloukakou Antigoni / AGIOU ANDREA SQUARE
Friday 3.01.24
Delivorias Phoivos and Vasso Kavalieratos / PL. MESOLOGNIOU

Saturday 4.01.25
Gerasimos Andreatos / MESSOLONGGIOU SQUARE
Sunday 5.01.25
Lazopoulos Lakis / PL. JACQUELINE DE ROMIGY
Papageorgiou Maria / MESSOLONGGIOU SQUARE
Solon Tsounis / AGIOU PAVLOU

They will take place in the exact same squares storytelling every afternoon at 17.00 until 20.00.