The Polish Christmas Eve dinner is an elaborate affair: Twelve courses are served to commemorate the 12 apostles.

It’s a Polish tradition some say is bigger than Christmas Day itself. The Polish Christmas Eve dinner celebration known as Wigilia has been around for centuries and is celebrated annually in ...

In Poland, Christmas Eve is traditionally as important a day of family-centered celebration - if not more so - than either Christmas Day itself, or Boxing Day.

Growing up in Shamokin in the 1960s and '70s, the six Jacoski siblings didn’t realize some of their favorite Christmas traditions came from their Polish heritage. They just knew the ...

The Pula family would cap the day by attending midnight Mass. This, too, is one of the most special moments in the Polish celebration of Christmas. Every parish prepares a crèche, and no two are ...

Herring is a year-round favorite in Poland, particularly on Christmas Eve, with popular recipes including fillets in oil or cream, often served with salads or potatoes.

At Christmas time especially, she reflects on her Polish heritage. She reminisces about the 12 dishes of Christmas Eve and the ways that Christmas was celebrated in their household when she was young.

In Polish families, Christmas Eve is more A festive celebration than Christmas Day. Linda Lund from Babcia's Pierogi joined Mercedes on the show to talk about traditional Wigila foods.

There is a tiny Christmas tree on the windowsill above Kateryna's bed. A modest substitute for the one she, her husband and their three children would have had at home in Ukraine. "War, no war, ...

In 1947, after seven years of service in the British Royal Air Force, Paul Bernard Grieger decided to visit his parents in Poland for Christmas. It turned out to be a long visit. Two weeks ago ...