CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IN POLAND

Jakub Krasnodębski 5s

Jesus Christ’s Birth is in

the Christian tradition

a holiday commemorating

the birth of the Jesus.

The celebration of holidays

starts on 25th December.

It is preceded by the period

of the four-week fast,

called Advent.

In Poland we are decorating

the Christmas tree, houses

and streets with colourful

lightings, chains and bells.

At some Christian Churches

Christmas is beginning for the day

preceding the anniversary

of the birth of the Jesus –

of Christmas Eve (evening 24

of December), called the Star

in Poland. When the first star

appears in the sky, the Poles

sit down together at the table

and share a wafer. They start

treating themselves to fast dishes.

The family is preparing

12 dishes: mushroom soup,

red borsch, pâtés with

mushrooms, herring in

cream, fried carp, carp in the

spinach, fish with

vegetables, the fruit cake,

the cheesecake and the

poppy-seed cake.

On the Christmas Eve

Poles at first are laying

some hay under

the tablecloth and are

leaving an empty plate

for an unexpected guest.

There is also a fine custom of the community singing of Christmas carols

…and with night Santa Claus is bringing gifts, but for only well-behaved children

I wish EVERYONE

Marry hristmas!