Polish Christmas Eve Tradition - OPLATEK - Oplatki Christmas Wafer Wigilia

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Grandma Feral

Grandma Feral

Күн бұрын

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@barbarabruce7648
@barbarabruce7648 7 күн бұрын
We do this every year in Australia with Oplatek sent by our relatives in Poland. But we wash ours down with Wisniowka ! This is the first Christmas without my Polish dad who passed away aged 101😢 and fourth Christmas without mum. Lucky we have this tradition they kept with us since coming to Australia after WW2. So glad you reminded me about the Oplatek. Its our responsibility now.
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
We are so sorry to hear about your Dad’s passing and your mum too. We have no living parents but we keep this wonderful tradition. Glad you do also. Thank you so much for watching.❤️Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@helenshack2838
@helenshack2838 7 күн бұрын
I absolutely love your greetings when you start your video. You offer great historical information. Keep up the good work.
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
Thanks, will do!❤️Grandma👩🏻
@i_am_blur
@i_am_blur 7 күн бұрын
You have such beautiful, heartwarming traditions, Grandma and Grandpa. I have never heard of oplatki - truly special. Thanks so much for sharing. 🙏🎄🎅👼✝️❤️
@martyrose
@martyrose 8 күн бұрын
There used to be a Polish Import shop in Elizabeth, NJ. Wonder if it's still there. I went in there a lot when they shipped me to NJ as a kid. Wonderful ceramics and wood carvings. That's a Hazel Atlas pink elephant shot glass. Very rare and highly collectible. How doi I know that? I collect pink Hazel Atlas. So cute! Fun tradition. Nice to keep things like that alive and passed along. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! 🩷 🩷 🩷
@TheTeaLeavesKnow
@TheTeaLeavesKnow 7 күн бұрын
There was also a shop in Passaic, NJ 😊
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
Hi Marty Rose thank you for the information on my Elephant shot glass. I have an Elephant collection and this shot glass is my favorite. We are happy we can share our tradition with everyone.❤️Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@martyrose
@martyrose 6 күн бұрын
@GrandmaFeral Love you guys!!! 💕
@danielbeard467
@danielbeard467 7 күн бұрын
I love hearing others’ stories about their families’ holiday traditions. Thanks for sharing!
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
We're so glad you enjoyed it!❤️Grandma👩🏻
@shaynahoffman5693
@shaynahoffman5693 8 күн бұрын
My grandparents on my dad's side were Jewish from Poland and Russia my grandparents on my mom's side were Catholic from Italy and Ireland so growing up celebrating everything was interesting
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing and for watching.❤️Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@squishykittys
@squishykittys 6 күн бұрын
Small wafers to share with the pets! How cute!!! Thanks for sharing such a lovely tradition 🌲🎅🏻🎄
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
You’re welcome. It’s nice to share this tradition with our furry friends.❤️Grandma👩🏻
@birgitwiley5540
@birgitwiley5540 7 күн бұрын
Wow, I never knew anything of that and it sounds nice. Good for you for having that. ❤
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
I'm happy you liked it! ❤️Grandma👩🏻
@auntissie
@auntissie 8 күн бұрын
All my relatives are in Poland, and I don't know who they are, but I remember those wafers my Babshka would send us when I was little! 💕🎄💕
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
My relatives in Poland send the Wafer in their Christmas Card. We can usually find them in the Polish Deli’s.❤️Grandma👩🏻
@auntissie
@auntissie 6 күн бұрын
@GrandmaFeral Yes, years ago, when my parents were still alive, our grandparents would send us a couple of wafers in a Christmas card, too! I miss those days!! Sadly, there are no Polsh deli's even close to where I live. 😟 Thank you so much for your nice note!! 💕
@TheTeaLeavesKnow
@TheTeaLeavesKnow 8 күн бұрын
TY for sharing this tradition. It should be passed down through the years as a way to show and remind everyone of what Christmas is really about. Today, as I watch this video, I feel humbled. TY, again. ❤
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
We are so glad you enjoyed watching the video and that it has made you think about the true meaning of Christmas. ❤️ Grandma👩🏻
@InFltSvc
@InFltSvc 7 күн бұрын
H Grandpa and Grandpa, thank you for sharing your Christmas Eve traditions with us. Well I am half Polish and I never heard of this before, very interesting. I am also half Italian and on Christmas Eve my father passed around Italian Pizzelle Cookies. My grandmother, his mother, made them that’s the Italian side of the family. For Polish my mother always made a fish called “whitings” and something called Kapusta, which was green cabbage and peas.. but my grandmother on my mother’s side, very Polish, in fact she spoke Polish very well has never mentioned this tradition to us that I remember. Even to this day we still have seafood on Christmas Eve , just not the same type of fish. I really enjoyed this video because I love to learn other traditions. Thank you both ! God Bless … Brian. PS I just called and asked my mother if as a child if her mother and father did it and she said yes! And describe the wafer is exactly like the one you featured in the video and I asked her how come we never did that? and she didn’t know why. BTW, like your cat sweater and the red one Grandpa has on , very festive!
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your Christmas Eve traditions, Brian! We are glad we can share our Polish Tradition. ❤️ Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@lauraellen189
@lauraellen189 7 күн бұрын
I have never seen these wafers! Beautiful!
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
You usually can find the wafers in the Polish deli’s here or my family in Poland will send them in a card.❤️Grandma👩🏻
@heidimgentry8004
@heidimgentry8004 7 күн бұрын
Wonderful tradition. So glad you are sharing it with us.
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
We’re so glad we can share our tradition.❤️Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@ShalimarPerfume
@ShalimarPerfume 7 күн бұрын
Love it Grandma. Especially the shot of whiskey at the end. Oughta sleep good on that. Hubby Irish Catholic and me Dutch Christain reformed.
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
You're so funny! We're happy you like the video. ❤️Grandma👩🏻
@tedg4171
@tedg4171 7 күн бұрын
Thanks for showing us this tradition. On a different topic, do you know of any Polish bakeries on Long Island that would have Kolaczki cookies. The dough is cream cheese, butter and flour shaped into a diamond filled with apricot or raspberry jam. I used to get them in Queens but that bakery changed hands and they didn’t know what I was talking about when I went there recently. Thanks in advance.
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
Polish Crumbs Bakery 1020 Montauk Hwy Copiague Phone number 631-608-0020 If you would like to call them. ❤️Grandma👩🏻
@lindagiammarco2687
@lindagiammarco2687 7 күн бұрын
Very nice tradition. I've learned something today. Merry Christmas. 😊
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
Thank you! We are so glad you learned something new. 😊❤️Grandma👩🏻
@annawozniak6807
@annawozniak6807 2 күн бұрын
We always had oplatek at our house. Now that my mom have passed i still do this. But sometimes when i don't have oplatek...i use bread in stead. We share bread and exchange whises ...before starting Wigilia. Of course we also wait for this first star to appear in the sky. Than you for sharing , this. Happy Holidays Grandma and Grandpa. Wesolych Swiat !!!
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 2 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your tradition, it's beautiful. We are so happy that you are keeping it alive. Merry Christmas❤️ Grandma👩🏻 & Grandpa👨‍🍳
@annawozniak6807
@annawozniak6807 2 күн бұрын
@@GrandmaFeral you as well...love your videos
@esmekaffen4961
@esmekaffen4961 5 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing these traditions! I’ve never seen or heard of the oplatek, but they’re so pretty (hope it’s okay to describe them that way) and the sharing is a beautiful tradition. Also, gotta say, LOVE the pink elephant shot glass! Yes, very cute! ❤
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 5 күн бұрын
We love sharing our traditions. They are very special! ❤️ Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@gregrak9389
@gregrak9389 7 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing this with us!! A video on making Borscht and Kutia would be fantastic, I know both dishes are part of a traditional Polish Christmas Eve.
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
Great idea!❤️Grandma👩🏻
@georgekelly9797
@georgekelly9797 6 күн бұрын
We never did this tradition but it sounds like a nice family tradition.
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
Hi George it is a wonderful tradition and glad it has been passed down through the years.❤️Grandma👩🏻
@oldtimer7779
@oldtimer7779 7 күн бұрын
Love it! We do the same tradition with our Polish family every 12/24
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
I'm so glad you keep this tradition alive! ❤️Grandma👩🏻
@MooMoo-fw3kh
@MooMoo-fw3kh 7 күн бұрын
Grandma: ooh, that was strong Grandpa: it sure was! 😂
@feifei-sweetcat
@feifei-sweetcat 7 күн бұрын
What a beautiful and attractive tradition! 🥰🥰Love from your new friend! ❤❤
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
Welcome to the family!❤️Grandma👩🏻
@GrandmaTeresa455
@GrandmaTeresa455 8 күн бұрын
God Bless, Happy Holidays
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
God Bless you too, and Happy Holidays. ❤️Grandma👩🏻
@Sheribail3
@Sheribail3 7 күн бұрын
Very interesting , thanks for sharing
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching❤️Grandma👩🏻
@JulieSmith8088
@JulieSmith8088 5 күн бұрын
God bless you gramma and grampa ❤ enjoy learning of others traditions 😁
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 5 күн бұрын
Thank you, you are so sweet!❤️Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@THEmightyQUINN777
@THEmightyQUINN777 3 күн бұрын
My great grandparents were from the old country. I remember that when we broke oplatek we would go to each person and apologize for our wrong doings then do the wish for the next year.
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 2 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your tradition.❤️Grandma👩🏻
@ndlz1
@ndlz1 7 күн бұрын
🙏 …coffee that is!😂
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
😂
@michigan1291
@michigan1291 8 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing your traditions. Coming from confirmed teetotalers, love the shot of whisky :)
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
We are so happy you liked the video! ❤️ Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@ShellyS2060
@ShellyS2060 7 күн бұрын
Na Zadrowie! (I hope I got that right)
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
Cheers!❤️Grandma👩🏻
@PoM-MoM
@PoM-MoM 7 күн бұрын
One for the road Say when. Definitely Vintage 👮‍♂️ 🚓
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
For sure❤️Grandma👩🏻
@Linda-in9ns
@Linda-in9ns 8 күн бұрын
That is so special I just love that! God Bless! 🫶🏻❤️🎄
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 6 күн бұрын
Hi Linda we are glad we can share our tradition with everyone.❤️Grandma👩🏻& Grandpa👨‍🍳
@Violet-fj8yd
@Violet-fj8yd 7 күн бұрын
Interesting, I have never seen these wafers. Thats a nice tradition. The shot glasses are cute. I found about 6 vintage shot glasses on my parent's house after they passed. Strange because they never drank..
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
The wafers are from the polish deli’s here or my family in Poland sometimes will enclose them in a card. Years ago people collected shot glasses even if they didn’t drink. Have a nice day❤️Grandma👩🏻
@Violet-fj8yd
@Violet-fj8yd 7 күн бұрын
@GrandmaFeral Thank you.
@rosemary599
@rosemary599 7 күн бұрын
I can’t find in central Florida. 😢
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
You should be able to find them at a Polish grocery store in your area.❤️Grandma👩🏻
@teriandjacob
@teriandjacob 7 күн бұрын
That's really nice, I would be drunk after one shot of whiskey 🤣
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
You wouldn’t be drunk because you eat a full meal right after you have the shot.❤️Grandma👩🏻
@patriciamorgan6545
@patriciamorgan6545 7 күн бұрын
What a lovely Christmas Eve tradition! I'm surprised I haven't heard of it before, growing up on eastern Long Island with many of Polish heritage. I do remember chruscikì (angel wings) in the grocery store, seemingly year-round, not just at Christmas as we see now. Love the pink elephants!! That was a big boozy thing back in the day. I have swizzle sticks topped with little pink elephants in various poses, including one in a flying pose, and another plotzed face down on his trunk.🥴🥂😂
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
Hi Patricia this has been a tradition passed down from my polish grandmother. My Mom made the most delicious homemade chrusciki she wanted Grandpa and I to learn how to make them but we are still trying to make them like she did. So far no success. I have an Elephant collection and the shot glass is one of my favorites. The swizzle sticks were a big thing years ago. I have a few from weddings with a bride and groom on top and their names and date on the stick. Have a nice day❤️Grandma👩🏻
@rosemary599
@rosemary599 7 күн бұрын
Pröst!!!
@GrandmaFeral
@GrandmaFeral 7 күн бұрын
You’re welcome❤️Grandma👩🏻
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