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Christmas In Poland
• 24.12 – Christmas Eve
• 25.12 – Christmas Day
• 26.12 - Second Day of Christmas
Christmas traditions in Poland
First star, beautifully decorated Christmas tree and the wafer are the most important symbols of
Christmas. The meaning of these symbols and traditions connected with them should be known by
everybody
First StarIt is the symbol of the first star, which appeared
when Jesus was born.Thanks to it, the shepherds and Three Kings could
reach the place of thesaviour's birth. We are waiting for the first star
today, when it shines, then, according to tradition, we
can sit downat the Christmas table and share the wafer.
Wafer
Its name is connected with the Latin word “oblatum” which means a gift. This is just a thin piece of crunchy wheat
flour and water. There are Christmas scenes on it .
The tradition of sharing bread comes from pagan
traditions. Now it is a Christian custom, and we share the wafer before the
Christmas supper.
Christmas Hay
We put it under the white table-cloth on the table where we have
Christmas supper. It is a symbol of a place where Jesus was lying after his birth,
a shed and hay.
Christmas treeIt is usually decorated on Christmas Eve . Once these
werethe ornamented sheaves of hay
or branches. Christmas decorations should be
connected with symbols ofChristmas, and on its top people
hang a big bauble. Once these were apples,
now we have glass baubles. The green tree is the symbol of the
Saviour’s birth.
CarolsWe begin to sing them at Christmas table. These are the
songs telling about the Lord's birth. Their name comes from
Latin word “calendae”which meant the first day of month. First they were sung by
the Romans, then Christians started to sing them. The oldest Polish
Christmas carol is “Farewell, the King of Angels”, and it dates from about
1420 .
Presents
For many people this is the most pleasant Christmas custom. This custom was
connected
with St Nicolas. Today, we consider presents as gifts
from little Jesus.
ShedJesus was born there.
It is a symbol of us as well.
Jesus comes to the sheds, that means
that He comes to usand gives us hope,
love and faith.
He is born in us!
Christms Midnight Mass
This is the traditional Mass which is celebrated at
night from 24 on 25 December.
It is a symbol of watching the Jesus’ birthplace by the shepherds. We take
part in the mass with our
families and this is the most important moment
of Christmas time.
Nativity plays at our school
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Prepared by the students from school in Raciborowice