http://thepolskiblog.co.uk/2008/12/fact-or-myth-santa-claus-visits-twice/ Polish blog in English, helping Brits understand Poles Sun, 13 May 2012 21:23:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thepolskiblog.co.uk/2008/12/fact-or-myth-santa-claus-visits-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-18990 orys Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:20:19 +0000 http://thepolskiblog.co.uk/?p=477#comment-18990 This is not certainly true. Altough it's Santa Claus who comes on 6th of December, the Christmas (or rather should we say Christmas Eve) present deliveries are made by different powers, which is often dependant of the region. And so Gwiazdor (a Starman?) comes in Wielkopolska, a baby Jesus comes in southern Poland, Little Angel comes in yet other families and in some families in eastern it's Dziadek Mróz (Grandpa Frost). Santa Claus coming again on Christmas is on the growth, though, due to Western influences. This is not certainly true. Altough it’s Santa Claus who comes on 6th of December, the Christmas (or rather should we say Christmas Eve) present deliveries are made by different powers, which is often dependant of the region. And so Gwiazdor (a Starman?) comes in Wielkopolska, a baby Jesus comes in southern Poland, Little Angel comes in yet other families and in some families in eastern it’s Dziadek Mróz (Grandpa Frost). Santa Claus coming again on Christmas is on the growth, though, due to Western influences.

]]> http://thepolskiblog.co.uk/2008/12/fact-or-myth-santa-claus-visits-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Global Voices Online » Central & Eastern Europe: Mikołajki, Mikuláš Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:40:15 +0000 http://thepolskiblog.co.uk/?p=477#comment-562 [...] Poland, “Santa Claus visits twice” - according to the POLSKI blog: on St. Nicholas Day and for Christmas. Same in Slovakia, [...] [...] Poland, “Santa Claus visits twice” – according to the POLSKI blog: on St. Nicholas Day and for Christmas. Same in Slovakia, [...]

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