Holidays

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Holidays

The Taste of Wigilia
Old World Trees and Ornaments
This Christmas, Rediscover Your Heritage
The Polish Christmas Tradition
Wigilia Checklist & Christmas Reminders
How American Polonia Celebrates Christmas
The Breaking of Oplatek
Oplatek: The Bread of Life
Polish Christmas Customs
Wigilia: Center of the Polish Christmas
Polonizing Polonia’s Christmas
Adore the Lord with Our Lady of Expectation
Szopka Krakowska, the Polish Christmas Creche
Wigilia: Traditional and Simplified
Koledy: Download lyrics from the PAJ’s Polish Village Christmas Vol. 1
Koledy: Download lyrics from the PAJ’s Polish Village Christmas Vol. 2

Karnawal
Why Sleighs Have Bells

Paczki Day
Also known as Shrove Tuesday. Complete with a recipe for your own home-made paczki

Easter

Polish Easter Dictionary
Swieconka for Beginners
What to Place in Your Easter Basket
How to “Write” an Easter Egg
Ideas and Suggestions to Bring Some Polishness to Your Easter
Traditions of a Polish Easter
Polish Easter Customs & Motifs (And what can be done about them!)
Polish Easter eggs galore!
The Origins of Dyngus Day

3rd of May
Celebrating Poland’s Gift to Humanity
Planning Your May 3rd Observances

Mother’s Day / Feast of the Virgin Mary
Adoration of Mary is Part of Our Consciousness

St. John’s Night
Also known as “Sobotka,” this mid-summer celebration

Dozynki
How to Make Your Polish Harvest Festival Authentic

November 2—All Soul’s Day
Zaduszki, Dziady: The Day of the Dead