For generations, Polish Americans have gathered with relatives and friends on Christmas Eve to share a meatless dinner known ...

The holiday span of November and December is a time of celebration peppered with memories of loved ones who have passed.

Editor’s note: This is the latest in a Saturday series of stories and photographs featuring local holiday traditions. VINCO, Pa. – Marie Jarabak has fond memories of her grandmother’s Polish Christmas ...

Tradition is alive and well for some local Polish communities. Wigilia, a customary Polish Christmas meal, was celebrated on ...

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 ...

My paternal bloodline brims with soup: barley stews studded with black mushrooms and opaque as porridge; the thin tomato broth of our Polish Christmas Eve vigil, swimming with dumplings no bigger than ...

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 ...

In need of a few easy Christmas soup recipes? We went through Grandma's recipe box to get every type of recipe, from the classics and beyond, all steaming for revival.

Hosted by the Kopernik Society of Broome County at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Wigilia 2025 welcomed guests to experience the ...