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How people celebrate Christmas in different cultures.
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With most of the Polish country being Catholic, when I explain the traditions and events of the holiday, the religious and cultural customs will be intertwined. Refraining to eat meat on Good Friday is a Catholic practice.
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Family members begin the celebration with a prayer and breaking of the Christmas wafer (opłatek - symbolizing the bread eaten daily — our day-to-day common life; very old Christian tradition of sharing bread) and wishing ... Delete the scoop?
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It's the breaking and sharing at Christmas of a special flat wafer made of unleavened bread similar to the communion host that's given out in Catholic and Episcopalian churches. The oplatek (pronounced oh-pwa-tek) wafer ... Delete the scoop?
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But its customs are so varied between many cultures and countries and this article looks into the various traditions seen. I personally love Christmas. With my heritage being Polish, I celebrate a slightly different Christmas to the traditional ... Delete the scoop?
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In typical Polish Catholic tradition, opłatek was passed around before dinner. That's O-PWA-TEK. It's a wafer similar to the one given out during Mass, but this one is stamped with a nativity scene. Everyone gets a piece.
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The Oplatek is a thin wafer made of water and flour.
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Everson church to serve traditional Christmas Eve dinner with breaking of oplatek (wafer). December 14, 2012. The Tribune Review Reports: By Linda Harkcom, Gateway Newspapers For the first time in many years, St.
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The Breaking of the Oplatek The oplatek is a thin wafer made of flour and water. For table use, it is white. In Poland, colored wafers are used to make Christmas tree decorations. In the past, the wafers were baked by organists or by religious and were distributed from house to house in the parish during Advent. Today, they are produced commercially and are sold in religious stores and houses. Sometimes an oplatek is sent in a greeting card to loved ones away from home.
On Christmas Eve, the whole family gathers and waits impatiently for the appearance of the first star. With its first gleam, they all approach a table covered with hay and a snow-white tablecloth. A vacant chair and a place setting are reserved for an unexpected guest, always provided for in hospitable Polish homes. The father or eldest member of the family reaches for the wafer, breaks it in half and gives one half to the mother. Then, each of them breaks a small part from each other's piece. Delete the scoop?
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One of the most beautiful and most revered Polish customs is the breaking of the oplatek. The use of the Christmas wafer (oplatek) is not only by native Poles in Poland but also by people of Polish ancestry all over the world. Delete the scoop?
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Warsaw VoiceDiplomacy and CookingWarsaw Voice“It was sublime Polish cuisine. I know for a fact that some of the recipes have become a fixture on ambassadors' menus. The Christmas Eve meeting proved highly popular as well. Delete the scoop?
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Paste Magazine (blog)14 Musicians Share Their Thanksgiving TraditionsPaste Magazine (blog)It's a holiday that is always changing—new dishes and customs are continuously introduced—while still remaining the same (no, your 85-year-old grandfather... Delete the scoop?
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Broadcast your Presentations Live, Online for free with authorSTREAM’s Present Live. Real-time collaboration. Click to start meetings. No downloads required. Via Baiba Svenca, Halina Ostańkowicz-Bazan Delete the scoop?
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Dr. Nellie Deutsch will be giving a 2-week fully online introductory workshop on Moodle starting August 19: http://www.integrating-technology.org/course/view.php?id=409 Via Dr. Nellie Deutsch Delete the scoop?
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The course objective is to help you gain the confidence you need to succeed in an online teaching business.
This is a hands-on 4-week workshop on how to start your own online teaching business. The course will begin on August 1, 2012. Participants will learn how to create and market their courses. The course wil consist of Live Classes on WizIQ and on Moodle course management system for discussion, content sharing, audio and video exchange and to qualify for a certificate of achievement at the end of the course.
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But this is Christmas Eve....a time I remember being with family, sharing hugs, and the Polish tradition of breaking a small piece of wafer (oplatek) and going to each person and wishing each "health, hope and happiness for ... Delete the scoop?
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Andrew's family is Polish, and by coincidence, so was part of mine. Thankfully, this means that we share a few holiday traditions, and there are no conflicts. Like the breaking of Oplatek before the meal. Delete the scoop?
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NorthJersey.comVernon residents celebrate a traditional Polish ChristmasNorthJersey.comThe most revered of Polish customs is the breaking of the Oplatek (Christmas wafer). The Oplatek is a thin wafer made of water and flour.
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Mergist passes on Christmas wafer tradition | The Advertiser | theadvertiser.comThe Daily AdvertiserThe wafer, or Oplatek, is the same as the Catholic communion wafer, or host. But it comes in the shape and size of a ...
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The Breaking of the Oplatek The oplatek is a thin wafer made of flour and water. For table use, it is white. In Poland, colored wafers are used to make Christmas tree decorations. In the past, the wafers were baked by organists or by religious and were distributed from house to house in the parish during Advent. Today, they are produced commercially and are sold in religious stores and houses. Sometimes an oplatek is sent in a greeting card to loved ones away from home.
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Polish family keeps holiday traditions aliveOmaha World-HeraldAfterward, they break the oplatek — a thin, unleavened wafer similar to the altar bread in the Roman Catholic church — and share good wishes for health, wealth and happiness in the... Delete the scoop?
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Celebrate Christmas -- Polish StyleOmaha World-HeraldCelebrate a Polish-style Christmas from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at an event that is free and open to the public. Delete the scoop?
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Christmas Traditions in Provence : the "Sainte-Barbe", "Cacho-Fio", the "table calendale" and the 13 desserts, the "Messe de Minuit"... Delete the scoop?
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The summer is a perfect time for teachers to learn and connect with other educators from around the world. However, teachers may find the travel and expense of taking professional development programs unappealing. It makes little sense to turn a holiday into work. However, with the Internet, I no longer need to travel and spend much money on professional development programs. I take and give courses online at WizIQ. WizIQ live classes are a great way to teach and learn. Teaching is the perfect way to learn. I teach so I can learn and I teach my students how to teach so they can learn more effectively. Via Dr. Nellie Deutsch Delete the scoop?
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