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Polish Christmas
|Polish Christmas Tradition |
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|The preparations for Christmas begin many days before the actual celebration. People are cleaning windows and houses before Christmas. It is believed that if a|
|house is dirty on Christmas Eve, it will remain dirty all next year. |
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|Only a white Christmas is considered a real Christmas; therefore, everybody is happy when there is fresh snow outside. |
| It is also believed that animals can speak with a human voice on midnight 24th of December. |
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|Christmas Eve is the most important day for all Polish people. Traditionally, the Christmas tree should be decorated on the Wigilia. |
|On Christmas Eve the Straw is put under white tablecloth-a reminder of Christ’s birth in a stable. |
|In Poland, an additional seat is kept for somebody unknown at the supper table. No one should be left alone at Christmas, so strangers are welcomed to the |
|Christmas supper. This is to remind us that Mary and Joseph were also looking for shelter. |
| After sunset, the youngest child is sent
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