My Christmas story

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. Not only I’m free from school but also I can eat whatever I want and spend time with my family.

Two days before Christmas Eve, me and my brother picked up our sisters from the airport. Because it was late at night, we started preparations the next day. I love spending time with my family, so I had such a great time with them. We always share a little stories when we help my mom.

On the Christmas Eve following tradition, we had a dinner and of course, there had to be twelve meals. Right after that we started opening presents. A little bit of rest and we went on a midnight mass.

When it comes to the 25^th and 26^th I didn’t do much. With my siblings, I listened to very old songs. We were singing trough the whole night, remembering the times when we were little. I wouldn’t be myself, if I didn’t eat half of the candies from Christmas Tree. I was so full that I didn’t even budge from the sofa.

Also I was very happy it was snowing so the Christmas was just perfect.

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K.S.

How did YOU spend your Christmas time?

In all of Poland, regardless of the region, there will be a house, where Christmas Eve is celebrated. It’s a holiday, which is very special for Polish Tradition. We celebrate them on December 24, a day before Christmas. Already in the morning all families take care of cleaning, shopping and preparation of dishes. At the end, everybody decorating a Christmas tree. Christmas Eve, has customs, traditions and many rituals. We meet at one table, forgetting about sorrows and problems. We make wishes for the new year. After sharing the wafer, we sit down to the Christmas Eve supper. There’s a lot of dishes defined by regional and family traditions. Some families consider 12 dishes should be served, as its the number of months and disciples of Jesus. In other houses odd number of dishes are served . There are 5, 7, 9 or 11 of them. Because of the fast, meat dishes are not served. Most of popular dishes are beetroot soup witch ravioli, fish soup, dumplings, cabbage witch peas and carp. Christmas Eve is a beautiful day in Polish tradition.

Greetings! 

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J.S.