1. POLISH CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

2. CHRISTMAS TREE Christmas tree usually is dressed on Christmas Eve.
It is always a beautiful and magical.

3. CHRISTMAS EVE PREPARE A TABLE Hay under the white tablecloth
Foot twelve
Plate for the traveler
The Wafer

4. Christmas food
Here's a short list of foods typically found on the Polish Christmas Eve table:
borsch with mushroom,
herring in oil,
pickled herring,
carp aspic,
fried carp,
dried-fruit compote,
noodles with poppy seeds,
dumplings traditionally with cabbage and mushrooms,
salt, pepper, bread.

5. When the first star appears in the sky, the Christmas tree is lit and the dinner begins. The Christmas Eve meal starts with a prayer and the sharing of the wafer. Poles love to sing carols at the Christmas table.

6. Children waiting for gifts.

7. Christmas Eve Holy Mass
Traditional
Holy Mass
is celebrated
on the night
of 24 to 25
December.
And churches
are usually full.

8. Christmas Days the Poles, is spent with the family at home.
It is family time.
Cheerful and pleasant.
Family visited churches.
There are beautiful cribs.

9. CAROLES
Children go from door to door and sing Christmas carols. Dressed in special costumes - King Herod, an angel, a devil, death, shepherds and the Three Kings.
Songs tell stories about the birth of Jesus.

10. Thank you for your attention
Kamil Trumiński, kl. VE