In 1947, after seven years of service in the British Royal Air Force, Paul Bernard Grieger decided to visit his parents in Poland for Christmas. It turned out to be a long visit. Two weeks ago Grieger ...

The Polish traditions in my family come from a simpler time. Back in the 1960s, when the post office was still profitable and phone calls to people more than 25 miles away cost at least a dollar a ...

Growing up in Shamokin in the 1960s and '70s, the six Jacoski siblings didn’t realize some of their favorite Christmas traditions came from their Polish heritage. They just knew the traditions made ...

There is a tiny Christmas tree on the windowsill above Kateryna's bed. A modest substitute for the one she, her husband and their three children would have had at home in Ukraine. "War, no war, ...

Attending Midnight Mass, making gingerbread houses and using an advent calendar are some of the most popular Christmas traditions in the U.S. In the High Desert, several holiday lovers shared their ...

Jan. 4—BOSWELL, Pa. — For generations, Polish people with little to call their own kept their culture alive through song. Their Christian "koledy" hymns filled their churches long after their homeland ...