As Christmas lights bounce off shiny baubles — or bombki, as they’re amusingly called in Polish — it’s worth pausing for a moment. Not just to admire our decorating skills, but...
December 23, 2023
As children, we would always have Wigilia (Christmas Eve) with our grandparents around a huge table in their old house, with our parents, uncle, aunt, older cousins and sometimes guests....
November 29, 2022
We all love crinkly sweet wrappers in dazzling colours at Christmas. I remember the delicious sweets we would string and hang on our tree as children. Poles in Kraków, however,...
December 19, 2020
One: Moments of stillness In the hustle and bustle of pre-Christmas preparations we don't have a minute to spare. This can sometimes spill over into the season itself. So remember...
December 5, 2020
Are you thinking about buying new decorations? Think again. Our ancestors made their own and we all have memories of making them with our parents but homemade isn't just for...