3. Month Calebration
January New Year
February Valentine’s day,
Fat Thursday
March Women’s day
April Easter
May Mother’s Day
June Children’s day
October Teacher’s day
November All Saint’s day ,
National
Independence Day
December Christmas

5. New Year's Eve is the expectation for
the coming New Year. It is celebrated
on the night of 31 December to 1
January. On this day people go to
parties or throw parties at their homes
and invite their friends and family over.
They dance, have fun. At midnight
they welcome the New Year with a
glass of champagne and fireworks
display.

7. Saint Valentine's Day, often
simply Valentine's Day, is
celebrated on February 14th
each year. On this day people
give flowers, sweets to those
who they love. They often send
valentine’s cards with love
poems.

9. Fat Thursday it' s started on last week for
carnival. In Poland and in the Catholic
parts of Germany, according to
tradition, on this day is allowed to
overeating. Popular dishes are donuts
and Faworki. According to one
superstition, if someone does not eat in
Fat Thursday or a donut - in later life will
not be so lucky.

11. Constitution of 3 May - enacted on 3 May 1791
law regulating the legal system of the Republic. It
is generally accepted that the Constitution of May
3 was the first in Europe and second in the world
with modern, written constitution. Constitution of
May 3 was established by the government
adopted the Law on the diet. It was designed to
overcome current shortcomings of the political
system has long been the Polish Republic and the
golden freedom.

13. Women's Day- an annual
holiday celebrated on March 8th as a
national holiday for all
women, regardless of age. They
receive special attention, usually
flowers, sweets and small gifts, not only
privately, but at work and schools.

15. Easter is the Christian holiday. It commemorates the
passion and the Ascension of Christ. Sunday which
precedes Easter is Palm Sunday. On this day we bring
palm branches to church to consecrate them. Week
preceding Easter is Holy Week. On Holy Saturday
people go to church with baskets filled with food given
to them. On Easter Sunday families gather at the table
for Easter breakfast. We eat eggs, meat and lots of
cakes: cheesecakes and cakes, which is called
"Mazurek." Easter Monday (Wet Monday) is celebrated
by everyone with enthusiasm by sprinkling each other
with water. Especially kids have fun this day. Some
people say that by being splashed with water on Easter
Monday will bring you good luck throughout the year.

16. Mother’s day

17. Mother's Day is a
celebration in honour of
all mothers. It is
celebrated on May 26th. This
is a very important feast for
them.

19. Children's Day is celebrated since 1952 on
1 June.Its initiator is an organization called
the International Union for Protection of
Childhood, aimed at ensuring the safety of
children around the world. Children's Day is
often celebrated in schools, it is a day
of sport,for example by
organizing interclass competitions.

21. National Education Day is
celebrated in Poland on
14th October. In the
institutions related to
education, it is an
opportunity to reward
outstanding individuals for
education.

23. All Saints Day is a Roman-Catholic
ceremony celebrated on November 1
in honour of all known and unknown
saints. At All Saints Day, people come
to the graves of their loved ones to
light candles, lay wreaths and pray.
This day is a time when people speak
of the dead in the family, friends who
left this world and to honour their
memory.

25. Polish festival, celebrated every year
on 11 November to commemorate
the anniversary of the revival of the
Polish nation independent statehood
in 1918 after 123 years of partitions
made by Austria, Prussia and Russia.
Established in recent years of the
Second Republic, restored in 1989. It is
a day off from work.

27. In Poland, Christmas Eve is a day of feasting. The feast
begins at the appearance of the first star in the sky.
There is no red meat served but fish, usually carp. The
supper, which includes many traditional dishes and
desserts, can sometimes last for over two hours. It is
followed by the exchange of gifts. At midnight
people go to a Midnight Mass. The next day, the
Christmas Day, is often spent visiting friends, singing
carols. In Polish tradition, people combine religion
and family closeness at Christmas. Although gift-
giving plays a major role in the rituals, emphasis is
placed more on the making of special foods and
decorations.