Christmas wafer
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Christmas wafer is a Catholic Christmas tradition celebrated in Poland, Lithuania, Moravia, and Slovakia. The custom is traditionally observed during Kūčios in Lithuania and Wigilia in Poland on Decem
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Wigilia
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Wigilia is the traditional Christmas Eve vigil supper in Poland, held on 24 December. The term is often applied to the whole of Christmas Eve, extending further to Pasterka—midnight Mass, held in Roma
Christmas wafer
…Catholic Christmas tradition celebrated in Poland, Lithuania, Moravia, and Slovakia. The custom is traditionally observed during Kūčios in Lithuania and Wigilia in Poland on December 24. The unleavened wafers are baked from pure wheat flour and water, are usually rectangular in shape and very thin; they are…
The traditional Wigilia dinner table
Christmas tree in a Polish home
The bread used throughout Wigilia has been borrowed from Shabbat, especially the challah (Polish: chałka)
Christmas wafer opłatek symbolizing bread is shared by participants