30 November 2009

Christmas in Poland


Hi!
Maybe I'll tell you about Christmas in our country.


In Poland we celebrate for three days. Before Christmas we buy presents , decorate our houses and our Christmas trees .We cook traditional dishes.


24th December is the most important day . Children wait for the first star that appears in the sky- it's the sign that they can start the Christmas supper. After the supper Santa Claus visits houses and gives or leaves presents.

Tradition says that animals can talk on Christmas Eve. We share the holy wafer at the beginning of the supper.We leave na extra chair and plate for a stranger who would like to eat with us. People in Poland don't eat meat -they eat fish(especially carp).


At midnight everybody goes to church (Poland is mostly a catholic country)and prays to God like sheppards who prayed to Jesus when He was born. During Christmas we like singing or listening to Christmas carols.
On 25th and 26th December we relax , we visit family and eat a lot of food.


How do you spend Christmas. What do you do on Christmas Eve? Do you look for the presents under the Christmas tree like us?


Ala

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