Growing up in Shamokin in the 1960s and '70s, the six Jacoski siblings didn’t realize some of their favorite Christmas traditions came from their Polish heritage. They just knew the traditions ...

On Dec. 24, the dining table is laden in Polish households ... It’s a very old tradition. If anybody knocks at your door on Christmas Eve, they are welcome to sit down for dinner.

Helen Adamczak was 13 when her family left Poland for America, but she holds onto the beautiful traditions she grew up with as a child. Adamczak first lived in New Jersey after coming to America ...

Mushroom soup is one of 12 dishes served for Wigilia dinner, a Polish tradition on Christmas Eve. The 12 dishes, all meatless, represent the 12 apostles. “At this meal. we always leave one empty ...