COMMENTARY: A Polish Christmas Eve tradition, kept year after year, came to life in a way none of us expected.

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 ...

On Dec. 24, the dining table is laden in Polish households, but one chair is empty. Wigilia, the centuries-old Christmas Eve vigil marked in Poland and by Christians of Polish descent everywhere, is a ...

Philadelphians have become increasingly familiar with the Italian American-originated celebration festa dei sette pesci, or feast of the seven fishes, thanks to a slew of restaurants hosting ...

Detroit’s Polish community celebrates Wigilia, a Polish Christmas Eve dinner tradition. It’s a Polish tradition some say is bigger than Christmas Day itself. The Polish Christmas Eve dinner ...

The holiday span of November and December is a time of celebration but peppered with the memories of loved ones who have passed while precious memories remain. This fall, Oct. 12 marked the one-year ...

The Polish traditions in my family come from a simpler time. Back in the 1960s, when the post office was still profitable and phone calls to people more than 25 miles away cost at least a dollar a ...

Chicopee - Lodge 711 Polish National Alliance of Chicopee will hold its annual meeting and election of officers on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 11:30 a.m., followed by the Lodge Christmas party with dinner ...