Melomakarona are traditional honey dipped cookies of the festive table in Greece. One would say that they are the equivalent of mince pies for the Greeks as these can only be found around the Christmas period.
The sighting of them in sweet stores around Greece gives you the feeling that Christmas is on our doorstep. Melomakarona have been made in Greece since the Byzantine era.
The presence of these cookies in a household back in the days gave evidence that one must be quite wealthy to have them. Thus making Melomakarona a sweet available to the lower classes only around the period of Christmas when even to this day we all chip in a bit more than we can in order to celebrate!