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Originally Posted by ladylake1
So many memories of my Polish childhood. My parents spoke Polish at home thinking we all kiddies couldn't understand. But lo and behold, we all understood and knew exactly what they were saying. Eventually we spoke the language as well. Yes, we made traditional stuffed cabbage and pierogies and chruscicki (a crisp fried treat) and we still celebrate the Christmas Eve traditional meal after all these years. Until I left PA we also did the Easter tradition of blessing the food. Very specific items that had religious significance. Priest used to come to the house years ago but now we took our food to a communal blessing at the church. Each year the were fewer that kept up the tradition. My sister still does it. Too many membories to write here but great growing up with ethnic culture and tradition.
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You experienced it all for a much longer time than we enjoyed.
Great memories for sure.
Were you from the Pittsburgh area?
My mother was Ukrainian Greek Catholic but they did the same exact things as the Polish R.C. with the blessing of the food, etc.
She would always tell me "Grandma celebrated her Christmas on January 6 or 7".....that was the Orthodox or Russian Christmas; different calendar.
The holidays were simpler, yet more profound in those days..........not as commercial as today. Not as much big ticket gift giving that's for sure.......
Basically, it was a religious holiday as you state above.