2. Christmas in Poland By Roy and Lana

3. Christmas in Poland 1st part Advent is a very special time of the year in Poland. Each Sunday a candle is lit. Celebrations begin on Christmas Eve. Everyone in the family decorates the Christmas tree and everyone has a special meal. The meal starts with the breaking of ‘ oplatek’ a white wafer, and wishing each other a merry Christmas.

4. Christmas in Poland 2nd part In Poland, Advent is an important season in which special church services known as 'Rororaty' are held every morning at 6 am. The four Sundays of the holy month of Advent symbolize 4000 years of waiting for Christ. In Christmas Eve, there is a Polish superstition that if bees wax is poured on water, emerging shapes and forms can predict your future.

5. Christmas in Poland 3rd People bake special Christmas honey cake as a custom known as Piernik. Pierniki can be made in variety of shapes and forms such as hearts, animals and St. Nicholas figures. Polish people also love to make handmade Christmas decorations during Advent that include Pajaki or spiders, stars and decorated eggshells. People bake special Christmas honey cake as a custom known as Piernik. Pierniki can be made in variety of shapes and forms such as hearts, animals and St. Nicholas figures. Polish people also love to make handmade Christmas decorations during Advent that include Pajaki or spiders, stars and decorated eggshells.

6. How to say `Merry Christmas` in Poland Wesolych Swia,t i Szcze,sliwego Nowego Roku is how to say Merry Christmas in Polish or you can say Vesowe Boze Narodzenie.

7. Decorations Christmas trees are placed in all public areas, outside churches and in people’s homes. They are decorated with shiny apples, walnuts, chocolate shapes and more things.

8. THANKS Thanks for watching our slide show. We hope you enjoyed it and have a very Happy Christmas : From Roy and Lana