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World’s biggest gingerbread town opens in Gliwice

Using over 1.2 tonnes of gingerbread dough, 120kg of honey, 28kg of ground spices, 32kg of icing sugar and 312 eggs, the model town features 300 intricately and colourfully decorated houses, two moving chocolate trains, a Christmas tree decorated with coloured icing as well as Santa Claus and other characters. Kolejkowo

Using over 1.2 tonnes of gingerbread dough, 120kg of honey, 28kg of ground spices, 32kg of icing sugar and 312 eggs, the model town features 300 intricately and colourfully decorated houses, two moving chocolate trains, a Christmas tree decorated with coloured icing as well as Santa Claus and other characters.

It’s The Debrief Christmas Special 2020!

It’s that time of year again for The Debrief Christmas Special! Hosted by John Beauchamp with guest Ed Wight, Managing Editor of The First News.

No matter where you spend Christmas this year, the chances are your tree decorations are Polish

Data from the Polish Economic Institute shows that Poland is the third biggest producer of Christmas tree decorations in the world with exports to 71 countries on all continents last year reaching EUR 80.4 million.

Białystok bike builder dressed as Santa breaks world record for riding tallest cycle

VIDEO: Dressed as Father Christmas, cult cycle constructor Adam Zdanowicz covered 108-metres on the 7.41-metre bicycle to smash the previous record held since 2013 by a man in California on a 6.15-metre bike.

Most Poles see Xmas as chance for building family ties

Over two thirds of Poles in a Monday-published survey by the SW Research pollster see the Christmas season as a time for reinforcing family ties.

PM appeals for responsible behaviour over Christmas/New Year period

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appealed on his Facebook page on Monday for people to act responsibly this Christmas and New Year.

Serenading, egg painting and seed sowing just three of the traditions to make it on to list of intangible cultural heritage

The list of intangible cultural heritage is part of an international effort to preserve traditions under the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Poles plan to scale back on Christmas spending this year - report

Poles will be spending less on holiday gifts this year than in 2019 as Covid-19 dampens the Christmas spirit, a new study has shown.

Poles happy to buy Christmas gifts despite pandemic - poll

Every second person plans to spend most of their Christmas budget on gifts despite the presence of the virus, according to the results of a new survey.

We wish you a Mini Christmas and a happy new Gear! Gobsmacked nurse gifted new mini after car pinched by thugs

Poznań nurse Aneta Jobska said she had ‘regained her faith in people’ after kind-hearted car dealer Adam Smorawiński handed over the keys to a sparkling new 84k mini.

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Acting royalty wins internet hearts after adopting dog run over by Russian tank

Janusz Chabior and his actress wife  Agata Wątróbska took in the adorable pooch called Henio after finding him in a Polish shelter where he had been sent from Ukraine.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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