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Christmas Eve

‘Tis the season to be...

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Well, 2020 has certainly been eventful... But although this Christmas will look slightly different to how it should do, we wish you all a safe and merry-ish Christmas and a much happier New Year.

Fascinating street photos from 1930s show pre-Christmas preparations in Kraków

From deliberations over the perfect Christmas tree to the best baubles and fattest carp for Christmas Eve dinner, see what pre-Christmas shopping looked like in Poland 90 years ago.

Catholic Church wants more faithful to take part in Christmas Eve masses

The head of the Polish Episcopate has asked the prime minister to ease rules limiting the number of people attending Christmas Eve celebrations held inside churches.

Christmas time, mistletoe and wine - or bigos, hay and swine?

On Christmas Eve, TFN takes a look at some of the festive traditions of bygone times and the meanings behind them including talking farm animals and the significance of hay on the dining table.

Xmas Massacre! TFN’s Stuart Dowell looks back at the grisly tale of a Christmas Eve murder

Following the brutal killings, local villagers on a bus who had watched the young family being battered to death were paid hush money. The subsequent investigation concluded it had been an accident until the conspiracy of silence was broken by a young boy.

Open house: people throw open their doors to strangers to keep the Christmas spirit alive

An organisation is making sure foreigners don’t feel alone over Christmas by getting people to invite them in for Christmas Eve.

Top 5 articles:

  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
  • Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
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Farmer spends seven years lovingly restoring crumbling old Czartoryski palace after ‘feeling sorry’ for it

Passing the abandoned palace in Lower Silesian every day on his way to work, crop farmer Józef Żałobniak eventually decided to buy the place and turn it into a hotel spa saying: “I wanted to save it for other people to enjoy. That was my dream.”

The first report:

  • President Duda sends congratulations to President Joe Biden
  • Poland's photovoltaic capacity exceeds 3.6 GW
  • EC confirms Polish aid programme for pandemic hit companies
  • Poland spends over EUR 88 million on child psychiatry in 2020
  • Inflation in Poland may return to around 3 pct - Monetary Council

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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