Polish Christmas Wigilia Meal & Foods

• The Wigilia Table Setting: Images & Traditions
  
• The Courses of the Wigilia Meal & Sample Menu
• Wigilia Menu with Illustrations and Recipes
  
• Explore Polish Cookbooks

  The Wigilia Meal is traditionally a meatless meal as it completes the fast which awaits the birth of God. The waiting or vigil (Wigilia) culminates in the sharing of the Oplatek and the Wigilia Meal. It requires special traditional table setting and a festive menu of traditional dishes. The dinner is generally followed by singing of Polish Koledy (Carols) and culminates in the Eucharistic Meal at the Pasterka (Midnight or Shepherd's Mass.)

   

External Links on the Wigilia Meal:

• Overview of Polish Holiday Meal at Wigilia
• Find this Illustration in A Polish Christmas Eve by Rev. Krysa at Polonia Books
• Online List of Polish Recipes