Tag: Christmas

Gingerbread Therapy
Soul + Body
Good Food

Gingerbread Therapy

Faced with the prospect of a lonely Christmas, our writer found sentimental comfort in baking her own gingerbread cake.
Monika Kucia
The Season of Jólabókaflóðið
Art + Stories
Fiction, Opinions

The Season of Jólabókaflóðið

The love for literature is what has always connected Icelanders. We sometimes claim that everyone on the island is a writer.
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir
First Star of David
Art + Stories
Fiction

First Star of David

3 Smocza Street. David Spilman, an Israeli teenager, has memorized this address from the letters his grandma used to receive. But what waits for him in Warsaw, once the home of his grandma, on Christmas Eve?
Joanna Rudniańska
Borsch, Cabbage, and Fish
Soul + Body
Good Food

Borsch, Cabbage, and Fish

Growing up as a second-generation migrant entails finding one’s identity among mixed customs. This was especially the case for one daughter of Polish parents, who grew up celebrating Polish Christmas Eve (or Wigilia) in Australia.
Paulina Olszanka
The Night of Inter-Species Love
Soul + Body
Good Food

The Night of Inter-Species Love

According to Polish tradition, at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, animals gain the ability to converse with us humans. Maybe if we make a vegan hot chocolate, they’ll be even more happy to talk…
Marta Dymek
Carpe Diem
Soul + Body
Good Food

Carpe Diem

Our gastronomy expert reflects on the Polish tradition of eating carp on Christmas Eve, and gives a recipe for coconut carp curry.
dr Ryan Bromley
The St. Nicholas Code
World + People
Science

The St. Nicholas Code

It’s easy enough to recognize who Santa Claus is, but his namesake’s story is not quite so simple. In fact, it’s possible that St. Nicholas never even existed…
Adam Węgłowski