The 12 dishes of Wigilia Adam and Wioletta Bartoszek, the owners of Wioletta’s Polish Market, 3955 S. Howell Ave., provided this list: Red borscht with mushroom dumplings ...

At Christmas time especially, she reflects on her Polish heritage. She reminisces about the 12 dishes of Christmas Eve and the ways that Christmas was celebrated in their household when she was young.

I honor my Ukrainian heritage by serving khrustyky on Christmas Eve as part of the traditional feast of 12 dishes. Each dish symbolizes one of the apostles. —Carol Funk, Richard, Saskatchewan ...

The first special moment of a Polish Christmas is Christmas Eve, called wigilia (from Latin, “keeping watch.”) ... The traditional 12 dishes (referring to the apostles) ...

Polish Christmas time favourite, ... with the 12 courses representing the 12 apostles and the 12 months of the year. The whole thing is meatless and includes dishes such as herring, ...

The feast held on Christmas Eve is a 12 course supper with a huge fish as its crowning glory. ... a Polish food blogger, writing at loswege.com.

Tessa Schutz shared that her family’s Christmas tradition includes making Italian food on Christmas, while Cindy O'Donnell said she enjoys, “Eating Jack in the Box tacos while baking cookies.” ...

In Poland, a 12-dish meatless feast begins Christmas Eve as the first star appears in the sky. The 12 dishes symbolize the 12 Apostles of Jesus and the 12 months of the year.

Dive into the heart of Polish Christmas Eve, or Wigilia, where 12 symbolic dishes, a dash of tradition, and an empty chair welcome both family and strangers.