I don't know if you're still there, but THANK YOU for this! My father used to sing this carole at the dinner table every Christmas eve, and us 'kids' just tried to mimic the words. But the sound of it now just made me cry. We still carry on many of the Polish traditions...12 items, cabbage/cheese/potato pierogi...and we still break bread. Thank you for sharing these memories.
I eat Pierogi at Christmas and cabbage rolls but have heard of the other traditional foods you mention here. Im from Australia and my father was Polish, but with an Aussie mum we did not follow strict tradition.
I do not understand you people here that want to start nasty lies about WWII. This is a website for music!!!!??? There is sooo much unnecessary hate on YouTube. Beautiful song thank you for uploading, I miss hearing my fathers voice and his language so thanks :)
O my, most of it is part of what I eat on Christmas, cabbage and peas stew? mushroom filled pancakes? kompot from dried plums? where the hell did you get that from, LOL I'm Polish and I have never ate that on Christmas, where are you from people ? :)
Christmas in Poland is / was beautiful of course with all the old traditions and such....but the true Christian heart is ever blackened by the millions of Poles who...(just a year or so earlier)...turned their backs on their neighbour Jews and helped send them to their terrifying deaths.Can Christmas ever be the same?
@Zbaraz6 it is a well known and documented fact that thousands of Poles revealed to the nazis the names and whereabouts of their Jewish neighbours and Jews in hiding and also took part in Kristalnacht??(spelling). Naturally it was based on fear but also an underlying contempt for Jews in the first place. That's what i'm talking about.
@missionfarstar It is also a well known fact that more Poles have been honoured by Israel for saving Jews during WWII than any other nation. Your numbers are extremely exagerated. Yes, there were some Poles who revealed to the nazis some Jewish neighbours, just like there were some Jews who gave up the names of the Poles who hid them, resulting in the death of their benefactors. For a Pole to aid or hide a Jew was instant death if discovered.
I love this song! It's one of my family's favorite. My grandmother is first gen. polish-american. she never learned to speak polish [her mothers decision, "we are american, we speak american"] but she knows all the words to this song.
What a delightful video! Such a pretty Christmas carol in such a beautiful language! The food looks wonderful! Makes me wish that I was Polish!!! Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much for posting this!!!!! How beautiful! We make poppyseed cake every year! As 3rd generation polish/ukranian american this is very special. My mom was thrilled to be able to find this again. God bless, and Merry Christmas!!!
Oy, all this delicious wigilia dishes, specially the pierogi, nalesniki and the makowiec, makes me hungry! Wesolych Swiat, Merry Christmas Grzegorz and everybody.
D., I am already after all the feast - but why don't you walk out to the Polish delicatesse next block and get what you just mentioned! I bet, tonight in certain parts of NYC there's nothing so clearly smelled in the air like the flavour of borsch, cooked in hundreds of thousands of Polish flats throughout the city or the lovely spicy aroma of skwarki-topped mushroom and cabbage pierogi...
Barbcard, Jacek cooked borsch for us: as he and I were spending the Eve together. His was borsch, mine was carp and pierogi. His was the cheesecake and I was ready to attack on my wing with the whole battery of apple strudels, gingerbread cookies and makowiec rolls. A very nice supper!
Well, in 1945 in Poland the situation was not like in Paris, Brussels of Copenhagen. Poland was "set free" from the nazis by Red Army and when the Reds once walk in, they hardly ever walk away. Therefore, between 1945-89 Poland was occupied by the communist "jaczejka" (Soviet-installed pseudo-independent government, made of Polish collaborants and Soviet agents). So, when Paris was celebrating its freedom, Poland was entering next 50 years of another opression.
Thank you for the delightful music and mesmerizing images you post here. Merry Christmas to you and best wishes for all good things in the coming year.
That's what I thought, it could be Croatian. It calls back to my memory the language once used by my very good friend, who was a fine Croatian lady-writer
I learned this in grade school. and sang it every year to my grandmother. Brought back very nice memories of long ago.
maddogwrestlingfan 2 months ago
I don't know if you're still there, but THANK YOU for this! My father used to sing this carole at the dinner table every Christmas eve, and us 'kids' just tried to mimic the words. But the sound of it now just made me cry. We still carry on many of the Polish traditions...12 items, cabbage/cheese/potato pierogi...and we still break bread. Thank you for sharing these memories.
janetendrusick 2 months ago
POLISH CHRISTMAS RULEZ!!!
fantasy7004 3 months ago
I eat Pierogi at Christmas and cabbage rolls but have heard of the other traditional foods you mention here. Im from Australia and my father was Polish, but with an Aussie mum we did not follow strict tradition.
I do not understand you people here that want to start nasty lies about WWII. This is a website for music!!!!??? There is sooo much unnecessary hate on YouTube. Beautiful song thank you for uploading, I miss hearing my fathers voice and his language so thanks :)
terpie51 3 months ago
O my, most of it is part of what I eat on Christmas, cabbage and peas stew? mushroom filled pancakes? kompot from dried plums? where the hell did you get that from, LOL I'm Polish and I have never ate that on Christmas, where are you from people ? :)
MrPsychiatra 1 year ago
@MrPsychiatra You are a very ignorant person for a Pole. Shame.
Zbaraz6 5 months ago
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@MrPsychiatra You are a very ignorant person for a Pole. Shame.
Zbaraz6 5 months ago
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Zbaraz6 5 months ago
wesołych świąt :D
wymiator07 2 years ago
Super.
wiesnap 2 years ago
Christmas in Poland is / was beautiful of course with all the old traditions and such....but the true Christian heart is ever blackened by the millions of Poles who...(just a year or so earlier)...turned their backs on their neighbour Jews and helped send them to their terrifying deaths.Can Christmas ever be the same?
missionfarstar 2 years ago
@missionfarstar What are you talking about??? Please explain, or stop spreading lies/
Zbaraz6 5 months ago
@Zbaraz6 it is a well known and documented fact that thousands of Poles revealed to the nazis the names and whereabouts of their Jewish neighbours and Jews in hiding and also took part in Kristalnacht??(spelling). Naturally it was based on fear but also an underlying contempt for Jews in the first place. That's what i'm talking about.
missionfarstar 5 months ago
@missionfarstar It is also a well known fact that more Poles have been honoured by Israel for saving Jews during WWII than any other nation. Your numbers are extremely exagerated. Yes, there were some Poles who revealed to the nazis some Jewish neighbours, just like there were some Jews who gave up the names of the Poles who hid them, resulting in the death of their benefactors. For a Pole to aid or hide a Jew was instant death if discovered.
Zbaraz6 5 months ago
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@missionfarstar What are you talking about??? Please explain, or stop spreading lies.
Zbaraz6 5 months ago
I love this song! It's one of my family's favorite. My grandmother is first gen. polish-american. she never learned to speak polish [her mothers decision, "we are american, we speak american"] but she knows all the words to this song.
StoliDassah 2 years ago
Very nice video, thank you very much!
Merry Christmas! :)
zsuzsi57 2 years ago
What a delightful video! Such a pretty Christmas carol in such a beautiful language! The food looks wonderful! Makes me wish that I was Polish!!! Merry Christmas!
plan09 2 years ago 6
Thank you! But I insist you don't only LOOK at the Polish delicatessen but also TRY it! Bon apetit!
240252 2 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this!!!!! How beautiful! We make poppyseed cake every year! As 3rd generation polish/ukranian american this is very special. My mom was thrilled to be able to find this again. God bless, and Merry Christmas!!!
GoodyGoodDay 2 years ago
Thank you, and Merry Christmas!
240252 2 years ago
Oy, all this delicious wigilia dishes, specially the pierogi, nalesniki and the makowiec, makes me hungry! Wesolych Swiat, Merry Christmas Grzegorz and everybody.
dzheger 2 years ago
D., I am already after all the feast - but why don't you walk out to the Polish delicatesse next block and get what you just mentioned! I bet, tonight in certain parts of NYC there's nothing so clearly smelled in the air like the flavour of borsch, cooked in hundreds of thousands of Polish flats throughout the city or the lovely spicy aroma of skwarki-topped mushroom and cabbage pierogi...
240252 2 years ago
Thank you.Merry Christmas!
halynamyroslava 2 years ago
And Merry Christmas to you! Thanks!!
240252 2 years ago
I want some of that borsch! Merry Navidad...
barbcard 2 years ago
Barbcard, Jacek cooked borsch for us: as he and I were spending the Eve together. His was borsch, mine was carp and pierogi. His was the cheesecake and I was ready to attack on my wing with the whole battery of apple strudels, gingerbread cookies and makowiec rolls. A very nice supper!
240252 2 years ago
Good video my friend!
From 1946! , In 1945 the Nazis were entirely defeated (this fills me with joy.)
1946 was a Great year for Polland (for brazil too.) i think.
i'm right?
Merry Christmas!
emersontotalyconfuse 2 years ago
No... 1946 was a horrible year.... every year to 1989 was miserable.
Merry X-mass emersontotalyconfuse ;)
Wesołych Świąt! :)
ChristophMamok 2 years ago
Well, in 1945 in Poland the situation was not like in Paris, Brussels of Copenhagen. Poland was "set free" from the nazis by Red Army and when the Reds once walk in, they hardly ever walk away. Therefore, between 1945-89 Poland was occupied by the communist "jaczejka" (Soviet-installed pseudo-independent government, made of Polish collaborants and Soviet agents). So, when Paris was celebrating its freedom, Poland was entering next 50 years of another opression.
240252 2 years ago
Thank you for the delightful music and mesmerizing images you post here. Merry Christmas to you and best wishes for all good things in the coming year.
liz1060 2 years ago
Thank you, and the same to you, my Friend!
240252 2 years ago
Merry Christmas Grzegorz. Thank you for so many wonderful sounds and sights. You are a blessing to us all.
munecojim 2 years ago
And the same to you, my American friend! :-) Merry Christmas!
240252 2 years ago
Teraz jestem glodna!!! Wesolych swiat Grzegorz.
Tweetiethree 2 years ago
Tobie też - najszczęśliwszych Świąt i Roku 2010! Dziękuję!
240252 2 years ago
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Tweetiethree 2 years ago
Wesołych Świąt, Tobie i Twoim najbliższym, życzy Elżbieta
Gadomska 2 years ago 4
Pozdrawiam i dziękuję! Wesołych Świąt!
240252 2 years ago
Merry Christmas to you, too!
With cordial thanks - my very best wishesto you from Belgrade, Serbia!
sbd650 2 years ago 2
Thank you and accept my best wishes to you and to your country! Merry Christmas!
240252 2 years ago
Thank you, Such joy is shared all over the world with your gift of postings. Lovely, best wishes for the new decade!
idasynco 2 years ago 2
Merry Christmas, and God Bless you, Idaho! !
240252 2 years ago
Życzę wam Wesołych Świąt !!!!
radzio1278 2 years ago 2
Tobie też, Wesołych Świąt, radzio!
240252 2 years ago
Thank you Grzegorz,
This was so beautiful!
Merry Christmas!
genia106 2 years ago 2
Thank you for this special gift!
Merry Christmas!
abendstunde49 2 years ago 2
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
240252 2 years ago
Thank you for the wonderful gift of music and art that you give here all year long...... Merry Christmas.
bill3murr 2 years ago 2
God bless you and your country! Thank you and Merry Christmas!
240252 2 years ago
Sretan Bozic!
(Merry Christmas!)
agrgurich 2 years ago 2
Thank you. Is your Christmas wish in Serbian? Wesołych Świąt! :-)
240252 2 years ago
Croatian!
Compliments of the season!
agrgurich 2 years ago
That's what I thought, it could be Croatian. It calls back to my memory the language once used by my very good friend, who was a fine Croatian lady-writer
240252 2 years ago
Merry Christmas to you too, Grzegprz!
JCJasion 2 years ago
And Merry Christmas to you! Thank you :-)
240252 2 years ago