Christmas traditions

My christmas traditions

How do I celebrate Christmas?

Christmas tree

On our Christmas tree there are baubles, angels, artificial flowers, snowflakes, shiny chains and lights and a star on the top of the tree.

Christmas Eve supper

Silesian Christmas poppy seed-based dessert

Fish (mostly carp, but also catfish and trout)

Borscht

Potatoes

Cabbage with peas and mushrooms

Fish soup

Sharing a wafer

Before supper me and my family get up and share the wafer and we make Christmas wishes.

Free seat at the Christmas Eve table

We leave that seat for unexpected visitor or lost wanderer.

Presents

Of course, It’s christmas so it’s presents. In my family the baby Jesus brings gifts. When I was smaller me and my sister waited for the first star and then when we went to the room all presents were already under christmas tree. We open our presents after supper.

Listen

Carols

During all the christmas eve we listen carols. My favourite carol is Silent Night.

Day after Christmas Eve, on December 25, together with my mum, we prepare a Silesian dinner and invite my grandfather, uncle, aunts and cousin to feel the magic of Christmas together.

25 december

Alicja Górniok 8c

Thanks!