{"id":4743,"date":"2013-12-06T18:44:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T18:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2014-06-06T19:32:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T19:32:12","slug":"kochany-panie-mikolaju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/kochany-panie-mikolaju\/","title":{"rendered":"Kochany Panie Miko\u0142aju!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You probably know that Christmas and St.Nicolas Days are not celebrated on the same time in Poland but three weeks apart. St. Claus (called rather St. Nicolas) Day (Dzie\u0144 \u015bw Miko\u0142aja<\/strong>)\u00a0is celebrated on the December 6th, name-day of St. Nicolas. This is a day when St. Nicolas, in Polish:\u00a0\u015aw. Miko\u0142aj<\/strong>, is visiting all kids – some children in person during the evening, some secretly during night (putting gifts under their pillows, while they are sleeping). In some regions of Poland only St. Claus was bringing gifts on the 6th of December. Gifts were not given under Christmas tree during Christmas! Most of the kids open their gifts on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

There is one gift that almost all children in Poland receive from Santa. Something not known in American tradition to well… It is a birch for beating (Polish, “r\u00f3zga”<\/strong>). It symbolizes gift for children, who were naughty…but it is really iven more for fun and as a joke now.\u00a0Usually it is attached to the bag with candies and it serves as a warning for all kids that if they would not improve their behavior the only gift they will receive next year… will be just a bigger birch and nothing else. But, nobody takes it seriously, although mischievous kids as a rule receive usually bigger birches than the good ones.<\/p>\n

Here is a very nice song sang by Majka Je\u017cowska – one of my favorite Christmas songs for kids:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bEEMuey3WW8<\/a><\/p>\n

Do nast<\/b>\u0119pnego razu… <\/b>(Till next time…)<\/p>\n

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You probably know that Christmas and St.Nicolas Days are not celebrated on the same time in Poland but three weeks apart. St. Claus (called rather St. Nicolas) Day (Dzie\u0144 \u015bw Miko\u0142aja)\u00a0is celebrated on the December 6th, name-day of St. Nicolas. This is a day when St. Nicolas, in Polish:\u00a0\u015aw. Miko\u0142aj, is visiting all kids –…<\/p>\n

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