Popular Polish holidays include Easter, Christmas Eve, All Saints' Day, St. Nicholas' Day, St. Andrew's Day, and St. Valentine's Day. Easter is the most important Christian holiday in Poland and involves traditions like eating a special breakfast, decorating Easter palms, and dyeing and sharing eggs. Christmas Eve involves attending midnight mass, caroling, decorating trees, sharing a wafer and 12 dishes with family, and leaving gifts under the tree. Other holidays have traditions of visiting graves, receiving small gifts, playing games to predict relationships, and exchanging Valentine's cards and gifts.
Christmas In Poland
The presentation was prepared by the students from Anna Vasa school in Golub-Dobrzyń as a part of Comenius Project We Guide Our Partners
All that you need to know about the festival Christmas
Christmas History-
Christmas is one of the most popular festivals around the world.
The approaching winter season indicates us that Christmas is around and we usually associate the winter with the Christmas celebration and with 25th December as the birth of Lord Christ
However the history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years and it tells us that celebration during the winter season were common, even way before the Christ was born.
It has been celebrated at different places for different reasons and date of the celebration was fixed to be 25th December quite later.
Christmas Eve-
The day is preceded by Christmas Eve, which falls on December 24, and followed by eleven days of the festival, ending on January 6.
On Christmas Eve, houses are cleaned from top to bottom and are decorated beautifully with lights and other lovely festoons
Planning dinners on Christmas Eve is a tradition that follows since a long time. Usually, a typical Christmas Eve is celebrated by organizing a family dinner or an elaborate meal
The main attraction and highlight of Christmas Eve is the arrival of the famous and everyone's favorite - the legendary character Santa Claus
The idea is to have fun and spread good cheer, on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Trivia
Holy represents the crown worn by Lord Jesus Christ, when he was crucified and the red color of the berries represents his blood.
Christmas is the season, when the world witnesses the maximum sale of diamonds.
Every year, during the Christmas season, more than a billion cards are sold in UK.
Rudolph, the legendary reindeer of Santa Claus, was a creation of Montgomery Ward. He created it for the purpose of a holiday promotion, in the late 1930s.
The world's tallest Christmas tree was erected in America, in 1950. The tree was as high as 76 m.
Candy canes, one of the popular sweet treats used for Christmas, originally were straight white sticks of sugar candy. They were used as an embellishment for Christmas tree. The ends of the candy were bent by Cologne Cathedral, to symbolize shepherd's crook
The word 'Christmas is an old English word and is a contracted version of 'Christ's Mass'.
The tradition of ringing church bells on Christmas morning dates back to the medieval times. The ringing bells symbolize the birth of Jesus Christ.
The tradition of gift-giving during Christmas has originated from the legendary characters of the Three Wise Men, who brought presents to Jesus, when he was born.
Many people believe that the legendary character Santa Claus is based on a real person named St. Nicholas. It is also believed that St. Nicholas brings in Christmas gifts, on the Eve of the festival.
Colours of Christmas
Main colors of Christmas are red and green. They are generally used with white, sparkling silver and gold to compliment them.
Rudolph has a bright red nose and is the favorite reindeer of all children.
Christmas In Poland
The presentation was prepared by the students from Anna Vasa school in Golub-Dobrzyń as a part of Comenius Project We Guide Our Partners
All that you need to know about the festival Christmas
Christmas History-
Christmas is one of the most popular festivals around the world.
The approaching winter season indicates us that Christmas is around and we usually associate the winter with the Christmas celebration and with 25th December as the birth of Lord Christ
However the history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years and it tells us that celebration during the winter season were common, even way before the Christ was born.
It has been celebrated at different places for different reasons and date of the celebration was fixed to be 25th December quite later.
Christmas Eve-
The day is preceded by Christmas Eve, which falls on December 24, and followed by eleven days of the festival, ending on January 6.
On Christmas Eve, houses are cleaned from top to bottom and are decorated beautifully with lights and other lovely festoons
Planning dinners on Christmas Eve is a tradition that follows since a long time. Usually, a typical Christmas Eve is celebrated by organizing a family dinner or an elaborate meal
The main attraction and highlight of Christmas Eve is the arrival of the famous and everyone's favorite - the legendary character Santa Claus
The idea is to have fun and spread good cheer, on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Trivia
Holy represents the crown worn by Lord Jesus Christ, when he was crucified and the red color of the berries represents his blood.
Christmas is the season, when the world witnesses the maximum sale of diamonds.
Every year, during the Christmas season, more than a billion cards are sold in UK.
Rudolph, the legendary reindeer of Santa Claus, was a creation of Montgomery Ward. He created it for the purpose of a holiday promotion, in the late 1930s.
The world's tallest Christmas tree was erected in America, in 1950. The tree was as high as 76 m.
Candy canes, one of the popular sweet treats used for Christmas, originally were straight white sticks of sugar candy. They were used as an embellishment for Christmas tree. The ends of the candy were bent by Cologne Cathedral, to symbolize shepherd's crook
The word 'Christmas is an old English word and is a contracted version of 'Christ's Mass'.
The tradition of ringing church bells on Christmas morning dates back to the medieval times. The ringing bells symbolize the birth of Jesus Christ.
The tradition of gift-giving during Christmas has originated from the legendary characters of the Three Wise Men, who brought presents to Jesus, when he was born.
Many people believe that the legendary character Santa Claus is based on a real person named St. Nicholas. It is also believed that St. Nicholas brings in Christmas gifts, on the Eve of the festival.
Colours of Christmas
Main colors of Christmas are red and green. They are generally used with white, sparkling silver and gold to compliment them.
Rudolph has a bright red nose and is the favorite reindeer of all children.
Polish customs, especially at Christmas time, are both beautiful and meaningful.
The preparations for Christmas begin many days before the actual celebration. Nearly everywhere women are cleaning windows in apartments and houses just before Christmas. The insides of the houses are also cleaned thoroughly. It is believed that if a house is dirty on Christmas Eve, it will remain dirty all next year.
The Breaking of the Oplatek
One of the most beautiful and most revered Polish customs is the breaking of the oplatek. The use of the Christmas wafer (oplatek) is not only by native Poles in Poland but also by people of Polish ancestry all over the world.
The oplatek is a thin wafer made of flour and water. For table use, it is white. In Poland, colored wafers are used to make Christmas tree decorations. In the past, the wafers were baked by organists or by religious and were distributed from house to house in the parish during Advent. Today, they are produced commercially and are sold in religious stores and houses. Sometimes an oplatek is sent in a greeting card to loved ones away from home.
Polish customs, especially at Christmas time, are both beautiful and meaningful.
The preparations for Christmas begin many days before the actual celebration. Nearly everywhere women are cleaning windows in apartments and houses just before Christmas. The insides of the houses are also cleaned thoroughly. It is believed that if a house is dirty on Christmas Eve, it will remain dirty all next year.
The Breaking of the Oplatek
One of the most beautiful and most revered Polish customs is the breaking of the oplatek. The use of the Christmas wafer (oplatek) is not only by native Poles in Poland but also by people of Polish ancestry all over the world.
The oplatek is a thin wafer made of flour and water. For table use, it is white. In Poland, colored wafers are used to make Christmas tree decorations. In the past, the wafers were baked by organists or by religious and were distributed from house to house in the parish during Advent. Today, they are produced commercially and are sold in religious stores and houses. Sometimes an oplatek is sent in a greeting card to loved ones away from home.
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2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
EASTER
CHRISTMAS EVE
ALL SAINTS’ DAY
ST. NICHOLAS’ DAY
ST. ANDREW’S DAY
T.VALENTINE’S DAY
3. EASTER in poland
It is the most important and oldest Christian feast, celebrated in the remembrance of
Christ's Resurrection. On this day, Polish people eat a special breakfast with their
relatives. Easter is preceeded by Holy Week. The last days of this week: Holy
Thursday , Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday are known in Poland as the
Triduum Paschalne.
Polish traditions and rituals:
Easter palms
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday. Easter palms can be
made of willow rod, sprigs of boxwood, raspberries,
currants. They are decorated with flowers, moss, herbs,
colorful feathers. Every Christian in Poland goes with his
Easter palm to church to be blessed by a priest. Later, they
are placed behind a holy picture or kept in the vases. We
believe that Easter palms protect our flat s from misfortune
and malice neighbours.
4. Śmigus-dyngus
Śmigus-dyngus - it's all fun for teenagers. On this day you can pour some water at
people and there is no difference whether it is your relative or a stranger.
5. *Easter egg
Christians in Poland paint or dye hard boiled eggs and then go to church to consecrate
them on Holy Saturday. The family shares these eggs and gives wishes to one another
during Easter breakfast. We believe that an egg is a symbol of life and rebirth.
*Easter basket
We prepare An Easter Basket filled with food on Holy Saturday. In the basket you
should put a chocolate lamb (the symbol of Jesus Christ), meat or sausages, a bit of
horseradish, butter ( a sign of prosperity ), a slice of bread and dyed eggs.
6. CHRISTMAS EVE Supper
In the Christian tradition this festival commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ.
Our traditions and rituals
* The holly wafer
The most important and
most touching moment
during Christmas Eve
Supper is sharing the holly
wafer with your relatives
and friends.
There is also an old Polish
custom to invite lonely
people to Christmas Eve
Supper so that in the
*Mightnight mass
evening no one was left
Some Polish people attend Shepards’ Mass at
alone and sad.
midnight. It is a mass celebrated in church on
Christmas Eve.
7. *Christmas Carols
Carols are Christmas songs which are sung during Christmas time. It is also the habit of
walking from house to house with the wishes of Christmas and New Year.
Christmas Tree
During Christmas Eve almost every Polish family
decorate a Christmas tree with glass baubles, candy,
paper or plastic ornaments, and cookies. A star is
usually put at the top which symbolizes the star of
Bethlehem. The whole tree is lit with colorful lights.
8. Gifts
There is a custom of giving and
getting gifts on Christmas Eve.
Children believe that the gifts
were brought by Santa Claus and
put under the Christmas tree for
them.
Nativity scenes at churches
Nativities are usually some models showing the
interior of the Bethlehem stable in which Jesus
Christ was born. There are also a baby Jesus in a
crib , Mary and Joseph ,the Magi, shepherds , cattle,
sheep, the Star of Bethlehem and angels.
9. 12 dishes
There should be 12 meals on the table during Christmas Eve Supper. Everyone ought to
try all of them in order to ensure happiness for himself/herself during the whole next
year. The most traditional Polish dishes are: beetroot soup with dumplings, fried carp
in jelly, cabbage with peas, cabbage with mushrooms, dumplings with cabbage, noodles
mixed with poppy seeds and honey.
A little hay and an additional plate
Christians should put a bit of hay under the tablecloth before eating Christmas supper.
The hay symbolizes the poverty of the cave in Bethlehem where the baby Jesus was
born. Moreover, a free plate at the table is left for a late and unexpected guest.
10. ALL SAINTS’ DAY
All Saints” Day is celebrated annualy on 1st November. Polish people visit the
graves of their loved ones, pray for them and light the candles.
11. ST. NICHOLAS’ day
It is celebrated in Poland on December 6 in the
honor of St. Nicholas - the Bishop from Myra.
During that day , relatives put small presents under
the pillows , in a shoe or in a large sock for their
partners and children.
12. ST. ANDREW’s Day
It is celebrated on 30 November. Some teenagers in Poland play different
games, organise parties or discos and have fun together .
These are just some of the games played that day :
Cards with names
On a small piece of paper you should write some favourite names of boys /girls.
*
These paper cards should be tightly folded or rolled and then in the night of St.
Andrew’s you should put them under a pillow in your bed. When you wake up,
draw one card and the name on it, is supossed to be the name of your future
boyfriend/ girlfriend or even future wife/ husband.
Peeling apples
If you want to get to know the first letter of your
future beloved’s name you should carefully peel an
apple. Take care not to break the peel . Then you
throw the apple peel back ,over your left shoulder
and read a letter which was created when it fell to
the floor.
13. Pouring hot wax
You can also try to foretell the name of your next boyfriend/ girlfriend by the
pouring some hot wax by the key hole during St. Andrew’s Day.
14. ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine's Day is celebrated on 14th February. During this day of lovers , we
prepare or buy decorative Valentines cards. Valentine cards are usually red,
heart-shaped with some romantic love confession. There is also a custom of
giving a Valentines ‘s gift to your partner .