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Polish families observe several Christmas traditions, including decorating the Christmas tree and having a Christmas Eve supper with twelve dishes including fish and cabbage. Families give their best wishes, share wafers, and children believe Santa Claus brings gifts which they unpack after seeing the first star. On Palm Sunday, people carry palm trees to church to be blessed, and on Easter families fill baskets with decorated eggs, bread, butter and other foods to be blessed for Easter breakfast on Sunday and Monday. Other Polish traditions include symbolically drowning a straw figure on the first day of spring, decorating graves on November 1st, and trying to predict the future on St. Andrew's Eve.

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Polish Traditions
Christmas On the Christmas Eve, the Christmas tree is decorated. There are twelve dishes on the Christmas table like fish, borscht with dumplings , cabbage and mushrooms or noodles with poppy seeds. We put hay under the tablecloth.
The Christmas Eve supper begins with giving your family best wishes and sharing the wafer with them. Children believe that Santa Claus or Father Christmas brings them Christmas gifts. On the Christmas Eve supper Children look for the first star in the sky and then they unpack gifts. Mangers are made at schools
Easter On The Palm Sunday we go to church with palm trees (made out of willow twigs or boxwood, decorated with flowers, herbs or colorful feathers) so that the priest can bless them.
On Saturday we go to church with a basket full of food to be blessed by our priest. We usually fill up the basket with Easter eggs (decorated eggs) bread , lamb shape butter ,salt ,pepper, sausage, yeast cake. We decorate baskets with sprigs of boxwood.
On Sunday and Monday the whole family eat Easter breakfast..
On Easter Monday people spill water over each other.
The first day of spring On the first day of spring people make a straw figure representing winter, which is symbolically drowned in celebration of the coming spring.
November 1st On this day people go to the graves of their loved ones, they light candles and decorate the graves with wreaths and flowers .
St Andrews Eve On this day people have lots of fun trying to predict the future.

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Polish traditions

  • 2. Christmas On the Christmas Eve, the Christmas tree is decorated. There are twelve dishes on the Christmas table like fish, borscht with dumplings , cabbage and mushrooms or noodles with poppy seeds. We put hay under the tablecloth.
  • 3. The Christmas Eve supper begins with giving your family best wishes and sharing the wafer with them. Children believe that Santa Claus or Father Christmas brings them Christmas gifts. On the Christmas Eve supper Children look for the first star in the sky and then they unpack gifts. Mangers are made at schools
  • 4. Easter On The Palm Sunday we go to church with palm trees (made out of willow twigs or boxwood, decorated with flowers, herbs or colorful feathers) so that the priest can bless them.
  • 5. On Saturday we go to church with a basket full of food to be blessed by our priest. We usually fill up the basket with Easter eggs (decorated eggs) bread , lamb shape butter ,salt ,pepper, sausage, yeast cake. We decorate baskets with sprigs of boxwood.
  • 6. On Sunday and Monday the whole family eat Easter breakfast..
  • 7. On Easter Monday people spill water over each other.
  • 8. The first day of spring On the first day of spring people make a straw figure representing winter, which is symbolically drowned in celebration of the coming spring.
  • 9. November 1st On this day people go to the graves of their loved ones, they light candles and decorate the graves with wreaths and flowers .
  • 10. St Andrews Eve On this day people have lots of fun trying to predict the future.