December

** 6.XII ** ====He loves them all, adults and children, rich and poor. While waiting for his arrival, Polish children write letters which they put on the window sill. Disappearance of the letters is a sign that angels took them to Santa Claus. Some of the children also send mails to St. Nicholas in Finland. In Poland we are expecting him to come on December 6th. He's dressed in a red cloak and carries a huge bag of gifts on his back. Many children believe that this old man with long white beard who's dressed in red appears on earth straight from the sky. On that special night, when nobody notices, he puts presents under the pillow. This beautiful custom is associated with the figure of St. Nicholas who really had existed.==== **[|Santa Claus in our class] **


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 * Christmas traditions in Poland **

Polish Christmas have many traditions. In Poland we have Christmas Eve. First star, beautifully decorated Christmas tree and the wafer are the most important symbols of Christmas. The meaning of these symbols and traditions connected with them should be known by everybody
 * Christmas at school **
 * On the last day of school before Christmas break children participated in the event of integration - Christmas Eve for classes I-III. Lessons were held ... in the corridor. Each class get their own tasks, but we were working together. We were singing Christmas carols together and watching Christmas program. III class hosted a "surprise guests". **

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Szopka (creche) or jaselka (nativity play) will light up a spark of joy in the eyes of someonen who was born in Poland long ago. They recall the live nativity scenes, puppet shows, pageant plays and shimmering fairy tale castle-like scenes of their youth. The Christmas creche is common to all of the Christian faith, but the szopka is unique to Poland. A truly Polish Christmas celebration is ubcomplete without some form of this scene.






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 * 2. Diana - Romania **

== * On the night of 5 / 6 December St. Nicholas comes to windows and see if children are asleep. Then he quietly leaves them sweets and other presents in their shoes. But he also is the one who punishes lazy and disobedient. On the morning of St. Nicholas Day children who behaved well find gifts. It's a tradition, not only for Romanians, to make gifts on this day. ==



== * Christmas is a Celebration of joy: large flakes of snow are falling from the sky, bells are tinkling, people are singing carols. And of course an old Santa as well as a tradition of writing letters to him. The letters usually contain a list of toys that children would like to get and a confirmation that they have been good. In Romania, specific to this period are carols, these wonderful Christmas songs that praise birth of Christ. Five days before Christmas pig cutting occurs. The custom is called "Ignat" and takes place on December 20, dayof St. Ignatius (from whom comes the name). Other specific tradition of our country is going with "Star" (nativity proclamation), "Goat" or on New Year with "Bear." Last two young protagonists are young men habits that costumeaza in goat (Christmas) or bearish (on New Year's Eve) and go and play in homes where girls are married. Also, all New Year's Eve, children go with 'ugly' to people's houses, proclaiming them bells against a background of a new year better and richer than the ending. They say that if the haters are guys first, then the coming year will be very prosperous for the family. On the first day of New Year, Children tend to go with "sorcova", resembling wheat in front of their homes and bringing health care wishes. The dishes are traditional Christmas meal: stuffed cabbage ( sarmale ), sausages, caltabosii, drum, ham, sangerete by the Transylvania. ==



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On The Last Day of classes before Christmas, celebrations take place in school where parents are invited, and children receive gifts from Santa (a person disguised as a Santa Claus).
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