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Article: Of Sinking Trees And Rolling Eggs; Christmas Eve Superstitions
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- Polish-American Journal
- Article date:
- December 31, 2005
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Polish-American Journal
12-31-2005
Customs to ensure a betrothal or good harvest were a major part of rural
Polish Christmas time traditions.
For Poles, Christmas Eve is a time of family gathering and reconciliation.
It's also a night of magic: Animals are said to talk in a human voice and
people have the power to tell the future. The belief was born with our
ancestors who claimed that Dec. 24 was a day to mark the beginning of a new
era. It was bolstered by sayings such as, "As goes Christmas Eve, goes the
year." Hoping for a good 12 months, everyone was polite and generous to one
another and forgave past grievances.
Today, few treat the old traditions seriously, but some survive as family
fun.
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