While December may be more known for nights spent inside by the fire, it's the perfect time in Poland to head outside and frolic under the holiday lights. That's because the country comes to life each ...

On Dec. 24, the dining table is laden in Polish households, but one chair is empty. Wigilia, the centuries-old Christmas Eve vigil marked in Poland and by Christians of Polish descent everywhere, is a ...

CZĘSTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — If you could design a bauble for your own Christmas tree, what would it be — a teddy bear dressed as a ballerina, a hummingbird, or a crimson phoenix? The workers at ...

What is a tradition? The dictionary cites it as the transmission of customs and beliefs from generation to generation. It is so difficult today to keep our heritage alive with all the competition from ...

Before Christmas Eve dinner, some families share the oplatek along with good wishes for each other. The tradition dates back hundreds of years:... Nothing says "I love you," at least in my ...

Szopka (shop – kah) means “barn,” a concept introduced in the mid-13th century in Poland by Franciscan missionaries. Visitors to the 14th-annual crèche show at the Knights of Columbus Museum in New ...

Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia translates to “Merry Christmas” in Polish. During my lifetime, Polish Christmases have of course always been filled with religious piety and joy, but my most memorable ...

ZAGAN, Poland - The sound of Christmas carols gently bounced off of the walls of a modest auditorium in Swietoszow, Poland. The songs, reminiscent of what you'd expect to hear in the U.S., had a ...