The City of Athens lit up a spectacular Christmas tree on December 1, at Syntagma square in downtown Athens.
The 21-metre-high Christmas tree, which travelled from the town of Karpenissi to the capital, will be illuminated by 5km of 40,000 small lights and is decorated by hundreds of balls and other ornaments.
More than 120km of Christmas lights, 15km more than the previous year, are already adding festive cheer to the districts and neighborhoods of Athens this year.
The Christmas holidays will this year have an international flavour, as mayors from all over the world are taking part into sending a message of peace and unity outside their borders.
Athens’ mayor Kostas Bakoyannis lit the Christmas tree sending a message of “solidarity and love between all peoples”.