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      skcosti




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      Vasilopita is a New Year's Day bread or cake which contains a hidden coin or trinket which gives good luck to the receiver.
      On New Year's Day families cut the vasilopita to bless the house and bring good luck for the new year. This is usually done at the midnight of New Year's Eve. A coin is hidden in the bread by slipping it into the dough before baking. At midnight the sign of the cross is etched with a knife across the cake. A piece of cake is sliced for each member of the family and any visitors present at the time, by order of age from eldest to youngest. Slices are also cut for various symbolic people or groups, depending on local and family tradition. They may include the Lord, St. Basil and other saints, the poor, the household, or the Kallikantzaroi. In older times, the coin often was a valuable one, such as a gold sovereign.

      The tradition of vasilopita is associated with a legend of Saint Basil. According to the legend St. Basil called on the citizens of Caesarea to raise a ransom payment to stop the siege of the city. Each member of the city gave whatever they had in gold and jewelery. When the ransom was raised, the enemy was so embarrassed by the act of collective giving that he called off the siege without collecting payment. St. Basil was then tasked with returning the unpaid ransom, but had no way to know which items belonged to which family. So he baked all of the jewelery into loaves of bread and distributed the loaves to the city, and by a miracle each citizen received their exact share, the legend goes.

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      This year the coin in the Vasilopita was in your piece of cake Lexie. I'm not sure if you quite knew what to think of a coin in your cake but after a little while you started asking if there was more coins in the other pieces of cake. I hope it brings you luck, health and happiness all year.
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    1. msbrad

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      Wed January 16, 2013 11:27am

      Wonderful page. I learned so much from your journaling. The little one, looks so happy.

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      waterlily_mc

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      Thu January 17, 2013 3:33pm

      My friend was just telling me about this tradition just the other day. Wonderful documentation, love the ric rack and the glitter border.

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