Christmas
Everyone
loves Christmas. It is the most eagerly awaited holiday in the year. This is a
unique time when people try to be kind,friendly and generous to one
another.They seem to forget all their problems,quarrels and just enjoy being
together.Christmas are preceded by many days of preparation.Streets are lit by
coloured lamps;shops are full of people buying presents,choosing Christmas
cards;Christmas trees are set up in every home and decorated with sparkling
tinsel,candles,chains,toys and trinkets.
The
traditional Christmas feast occurs on Christmas Eve, or Wigilia, a day that
holds equal importance with Christmas Day. Before the table is set, straw or
hay is placed under a white The most popular dishes are: red borsh with pies, carp: fried or in a
jelly, pies with mushrooms, herrings, poppy-seed cake. The most popular dishes
are: red borsh with pies, carp: fried or in a jelly, pies with mushrooms,
herrings, poppy-seed cake. The most popular dishes are: red borsh with pies,
carp: fried or in a jelly, pies with mushrooms, herrings, poppy-seed cake. The
most popular dishes are: red borsh with pies, carp: fried or in a jelly, pies
with mushrooms, herrings, poppy-seed cake. The most popular dishes are: red
borscht with pies, carp: fried or in a jelly, pies with mushrooms, herrings,
poppy-seed cake.turned away from inns in Bethlehem and that
those seeking shelter are welcome on this special night.
The
traditional Polish Christmas meal consists of 12 dishes, one for each of the 12
apostles. These dishes are usually meatless, though this restriction does not
exclude the preparation of fish. Typically, people watch for the first star to
appear in the night sky before sitting down to eat. The breaking of symbolic
wafers precedes the meal and everyone shares pieces of the broken wafers.
The most popular dishes are: red borsh with
pies, carp: fried or in a jelly, pies with mushrooms, herrings, poppy-seed
cake.
It
is on this Wigilia Day that the Christmas tree is decorated. The Polish
Christmas tree can be decorated with shapes cut from gingerbread, colored
wafers, cookies, fruit, candy, straw ornaments, decorations made from
eggshells, or commercially produced ornaments.
Santa
Claus does not appear on Christmas Eve. The appearance of Santa Claus (Mikolaj)
happens instead on December 6. The feast of St. Nicholas is a part of the
Advent celebrations, which are an integral part of Polish Christmas traditions.
It
is a time of giving a small gift, we usually hide presents on the night of 5 to
6 December in shoes. In our school we celebrate Nicholas feast. Santa Claus
usually visit each class and give
present to children.
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