A few Christmas traditions my family celebrates since my grandparents were first generation Polish Americans are:
Breaking of the Christmas Wafer (Oplatek)
You can purchase Oplatek usually at church around the holidays, it comes in a envelope which usually has a picture of a religious scene inside are flat wafers that have religious scenes imprinted on them. The wafers might be white, pink or blue.
At Christmas and Easter we break a chunk of the wafer off and then go around to the other members of the family and they take a little piece of your wafer, while you are breaking the wafer you are wishing them a Merry Christmas. :)
Festival of Stars
You can now do this in some churches, you can also do this at Holy Hill.
You are walked/told the Nativity Story.
My family remembers participating in this when they were children, it is becoming a "lost art" around town.
We of course have our own holiday traditions. We also Polish Christmas Carols.
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Breaking of the Christmas Wafer (Oplatek)
You can purchase Oplatek usually at church around the holidays, it comes in a envelope which usually has a picture of a religious scene inside are flat wafers that have religious scenes imprinted on them. The wafers might be white, pink or blue.
At Christmas and Easter we break a chunk of the wafer off and then go around to the other members of the family and they take a little piece of your wafer, while you are breaking the wafer you are wishing them a Merry Christmas. :)
Festival of Stars
You can now do this in some churches, you can also do this at Holy Hill.
You are walked/told the Nativity Story.
My family remembers participating in this when they were children, it is becoming a "lost art" around town.
We of course have our own holiday traditions. We also Polish Christmas Carols.
*Please support this site by using the links provided. *
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